Gender Tips: Masculine or feminine

1. Gender Tips: Masculine or feminine Masculine Usually (but not always) nouns ending in: -age (excluding for example: une nage/cage/plage/rage/image) -eau (excluding for example: une peau /l�eau) -et -isme -ment e.g. le cyclisme Feminine Usually (but not always) nouns ending in: -�e (excluding for example: un lyc�e /mus�e) -ion (excluding for example: un lion /avion/million) -t� (excluding for example: un invit�) -ance -esse -tion e.g. la natation

2. Negatives ne �pas This forms a sandwich round the main verb and means �not� e.g il ne regarde pas � he is not watching je n�ai pas d�animal � I don�t have a pet In the past tense �ne�pas� is placed around avoir or �tre e.g. je n�ai pas visit� la France � I have not visited France After �pas�, du/de la/un/une and des become �de� e.g. je n�ai pas de fr�res � I haven�t got any brothers The following work in the same way as �ne..pas� ne�.jamais � never ne�.rien � nothing ne�que � only ne�.ni�ni � neither nor ne�plus � no longer ne�.aucun � none at all e.g. je n�ai rien mang� � I didn�t eat anything

3. Direct Object Pronouns Pronouns are used to avoid repeating nouns. e.g J�ai beaucoup d�amis et je les vois souvent � I have lots of friends and I see them often voir il me voit - he sees me il nous voit - he sees us il te voit - he sees you il vous voit - he sees you (pl) il le voit - he sees him il les voit - he sees them il la voit - he sees her After prepositions pronouns change as follows: moi - me nous - us toi - you vous - you elle - her elles - them (f) lui - him eux - them (m) e.g chez toi � at your house avec lui � with him

4. Adjectives (1): describing nouns