-age Suffix
nouns
All the persons, places, and things you can shake a stick at.
gender • nouns • spelling • suffixes
-ée Suffix
gender • nouns • spelling • suffixes
-et and -ette Suffix
Adjectives Used as Nouns (Nominal Adjectives)
In both French and English, many adjectives can be used as nouns as a sort of shorthand to reference what you'd otherwise need an adjective + noun to refer to.adjectives • nouns • plurals
Agreement
Grammatical agreement is a vast topic - and one of the banes of French students. While in English we have a few pronouns and adjectives that indicate gender and number (e.g., he/him/his and she/her/hers), in French, agreement is found in 5 of the 8 parts of speech.adjectives • articles • nouns • pronouns
Apocopes
adjectives • French Abbreviations - Acronyms - Apocopes • informalities • nouns
Articles – le, la, les, un, une, des, du, de la
An article is a word that modifies a noun in a particular way, by stating whether the noun is specific, unspecific, or partial. There are three types of French articles, and they all agree in gender and number with the nouns they modify.A1 - Beginning French • agreement • articles • nouns
Bon vs Bien
The French words bon and bien can be tricky for French students because they both belong to three different parts of speech (adjectives, adverbs, nouns) and have similar meanings. This is a good lesson that will get you well on your way to understanding the difference.adjectives • adverbs • nouns
Compound Noun Gender
French compound nouns are made up of two or more words connected by hyphens, and figuring out their gender can be a little tricky. Here are some rules that can help you to determine the gender of compound nouns.Compound Noun Plurals
French compound nouns are made up of two or more words, often connected by hyphens. Making them plural can be a little tricky, but there are two rules that generally apply.Contractions with Proper Nouns
Contractions with de / Ã plus a definite article are not always required when the article is part of a proper noun, such as a city, title, organization, or surname.Feminine Noun Endings
Feminine Nouns
A2 - Low-Intermediate French • gender • nouns
French and France
adjectives • nouns
Inversion with Nouns
Inversion is not limited to pronouns - it can also be done with nouns and proper names, though this is a bit more complicated.B1 - Intermediate French • formalities • nouns • word order
