{"id":43722,"date":"2022-05-28T05:56:57","date_gmt":"2022-05-28T05:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/?p=43722"},"modified":"2022-05-28T05:56:59","modified_gmt":"2022-05-28T05:56:59","slug":"french-masculine-and-feminine-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/french-masculine-and-feminine-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"French: masculine and feminine: “thing”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Self-tutoring about French: the tutor observes a peculiarity.<\/h2>\n

\nIn French, a “thing” is feminine – une chose<\/em>. Once you get more specific, however, the gender of that “thing” can turn out to be masculine or feminine.<\/p>\n

Quelle chose a-t-il utilisé à ouvrir la lettre?<\/em> (“What thing did he use to open the letter?”)<\/p>\n

Un couteau.<\/em> (“A knife.”)<\/p>\n

The “thing” (chose<\/em>) starts out feminine, because chose<\/em> is. Once we learn the thing is a knife (un couteau<\/em>), it’s masculine.<\/p>\n

Source:<\/p>\n

reverso.net<\/a><\/p>\nJack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Self-tutoring about French: the tutor observes a peculiarity. In French, a “thing” is feminine – une chose. Once you get more specific, however, the gender of that “thing” can turn out to be masculine or feminine. Quelle chose a-t-il utilisé …<\/p>\n

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