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What is the video about?
What can indicate whether a French word is masculine or feminine?
Why is remembering word endings easier than memorizing each word's gender?
What percentage of the time are words ending in "ette" feminine?
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Which of the following word endings are usually feminine?
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Which of the following word endings are usually masculine?
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What is the gender of a word ending in "phone"?
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What is the gender of a word ending in "isme"?
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What is the gender of a word ending in "eau"?
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Which of the following word endings are usually feminine?
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Study Notes
- The video provides tips for identifying masculine and feminine words in French.
- Word endings can indicate whether a word is masculine or feminine.
- Remembering the endings is easier than memorizing each word's gender.
- 80% of the time, words ending in "ette" are feminine.
- Words ending in "ade," "ode," and "ude" are usually feminine.
- Words ending in "tion" and "sion" are usually feminine.
- Words ending in "eur" are usually masculine.
- Words ending in "isme," "age," and "tisme" are usually masculine.
- Words ending in "phone," "scope," and "gramme" are usually masculine.
- "Eau" is a feminine word, despite ending in a sound typically associated with masculine words.
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