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What is the video about?
What is the video about?
What can indicate whether a French word is masculine or feminine?
What can indicate whether a French word is masculine or feminine?
Why is remembering word endings easier than memorizing each word's gender?
Why is remembering word endings easier than memorizing each word's gender?
What percentage of the time are words ending in "ette" feminine?
What percentage of the time are words ending in "ette" feminine?
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Which of the following word endings are usually feminine?
Which of the following word endings are usually feminine?
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Which of the following word endings are usually masculine?
Which of the following word endings are usually masculine?
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What is the gender of a word ending in "phone"?
What is the gender of a word ending in "phone"?
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What is the gender of a word ending in "isme"?
What is the gender of a word ending in "isme"?
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What is the gender of a word ending in "eau"?
What is the gender of a word ending in "eau"?
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Which of the following word endings are usually feminine?
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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