25 September, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Here are my recent Word du Jour entries, which all turned out to be fruit. I began with apple and embraced the theme! This is so much easier than doing the Word of the Day in England, because now I can choose almost any word at all — well, except for words like quiche and soufflé, but still.
So just a heads up to those who don’t know anything about French and want to learn — nouns are either masculine or feminine. If a singular word is preceded by the article la or une, it is feminine; if it is preceded by le or un, it is masculine. Singular words that begin with vowels will be accompanied by l’ or un/une; if the l’ is used, the gender of the noun won’t be obvious (this is also the case with plural articles like les and des). In these cases, I have included (m) or (f) in parentheses so the gender is clear.
la pomme: apple
la banane: banana
l’ananas (m): pineapple
la fraise: strawberry
la canneberge: cranberry
le cassis: blackcurrant
les raisins (m): grapes
la cerise: cherry
le pamplemousse: grapefruit
Anglofille said @ 2:43 pm | word of the day |
