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Difficulty in Distinguishing Masculine Nouns from Feminine Nouns in French and its Remediation
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Author: 小华 应
Abstract: The distinction between masculine gender et feminine gender of French nouns constitutes a great difficulty for many chinese learners. In French, all nouns, whatever they are animate or inanimate, can be classified into two types: masculine nouns and feminine nouns. Furthermore, the gender of French inanimate nouns is often arbitrary. In this paper, after the analysis of the complexity of French nouns gender, some principles and strategies are proposed in order to help Chinese learners to master this language point.
Keywords: French Nouns, Masculine, Feminine
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