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Prepositions à la maison (feminine) au bureau (masculine) temps présent The present tense (temps présent) in French translates both the simple and continuous forms of our present tense. je cherche I look for / I’m looking for Elle travaille dans une banque She works at a bank / She is working at a bank un carnet un carnet de tickets a book of tickets un carnet d’adresses an address book beaucoup much, many, a lot of (no distinction between countable and uncountable nouns)...

Gender All French nouns are either masculine or feminine. There is no neutral gender. Masculine nouns use the articles “le” and “un”, while feminine nouns use “la” and “une”. Some general rules for masculine nouns: Nouns ending in consonants like -l, -c, -d, -t, -n, -r, -s, -x are usually masculine Examples: le journal, le sac, le pied, le chat, le pain, le cœur, le bus, le choix Nouns ending in -eau, -isme, -ment are usually masculine Examples: le bateau, le tourisme, le gouvernement...