16 La Ville lumière

BAGS examples

• ses grands monuments its great monuments
• ses longues avenues its long avenues
• ses grandes églises its grand churches
• ses vieilles rues its old streets
• le grand architecte the great architect
• les grands magasins the major department stores
• un bon endroid a good spot (place)
• beaucoup de belles images lots of beautiful pictures
• l’ancien nom the old name

genders

Most of French words ending in -e are feminine. However, this is not an absolute rule. ¹

1. Common masculine exceptions ending in -e:

   • le musée (museum)
   • le lycée (high school)
   • le trophée (trophy)

2. Masculine endings: Some word endings that are typically masculine, even when ending in -e:

   • -age (e.g. le mariage, le paysage)
   • -ège (e.g. le collège)
   • -isme (e.g. le capitalisme)

3. Adjectives:

   • Many adjectives have the same form for masculine and feminine when they already end in -e (e.g. rouge, jaune, large)
   • Some adjectives have irregular feminine forms, even when the masculine ends in -e:
     • public ➡ publique
     • long ➡ longue
     • sec ➡ sèche

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