Why knowing the gender of a French word is important

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[@vaibhavmathur3]

Amazing video. Another reason why gender is important: Some words that are spelled and pronounced exactly the same may take different meanings for different genders. For instance "le livre" means the book, whereas "la livre" means Pound Sterling.

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dear alexa: when I started learning french, you were/are the first french teacher I subscribed to. Since then, I have been following you and other teachers on KZbin in search of that magic wand that will teach me french the fastest and the easiest. But, and I truly mean it, you are one of the best, if not the best, french teacher of all. Thank you very much and I will continue following you. Merci beaucoup!

[@charlesz8531]

English is my second language. How simple English actually is! Learning French is like doing acrobatics in your head. Haha... French people see a gender in everything they see (my eyes are popping).

[@josiecabangal3739]

lol...😂

[@s.papadatos6711]

There are languages that have the neutral gender as well. It ads variety but yeah, it makes things convoluted.

[@prophetoftheilliterate4697]

I found a simple answer to this. I just stick to one and forget the rest. French may be staring at you funny but they'll get what you're trying to say. Fuk the french anyways. Merci á tous for coming to my Ted talk

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Your videos are totally underrated. I hope more people will get to watch your videos. I've learnt Spanish, Italian and French through KZbin and I can confidently say that yours is by far the best and the most concise teaching video I have watched. It is just amazinggg!!! Merci beaucoup Alexa

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I love the way she explain everything so clearly

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[@steeleronfire7030]

One thing I might add where you compare interrogative pronouns from french to english (11:55) .. when you go from singular to plural in english there is actually a change that is needed from "what" to "which" ... so it should be "What pen is on the table" and "which pens are on the table"

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I love these videos. So clear and well explained. The strength is in the examples given... thank you very much

[@pattjer]

She is one of the best for English speakers and Nelson for Spanish speakers. Thanks a lot for this video.

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You are a great teacher Alexa . It is my third day of learning french ! I am 17 and I have loved this language .. I hope I will continue

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[@inglesbiblico]

You're one of the best teachers I have ever seen! Merci!

[@yerpenn]

This is the best, comprehensive, least complicated, helpful lesson on this infuriatingly complex subject I have ever heard. Thank you Alexa.

[@nexttosawall7816]

This summary lesson is very useful. It is heavy loaded with grammatical content, though. So one has to stop and go and repeat it again and again. It serves well for either repeating the principles, or finding out where your gaps are for working on them separately. Thank you so much, Alexa.

[@badaradenis8217]

Best French teacher you improve people's French every day

[@ishaanjain6765]

Exceptions makes french difficult

[@jhunnoethiz3014]

In my language, even animals have no gender, we call cat as "pusa" ( whether it's male or a female), book as "aklat" ( no gender at all) So is every thing, only person has a gender. I think you're the best French teacher I know :)

[@afsanehsarrafian8019]

Ms.Alexa, You are a very good French teacher. I have learnt a lot from you. Thank you so much.

[@Penis521]

This is probably the most important video to comprehending the fundamentals of French...unless I'm ahead of myself. All of French is surrounded by Gender and number, you can't get away from it!! very nice video. Merci, et bisou bisou :)

[@steveworth544]

I have some long term French friends. As their English has got better so my French has got worse! These lessons have explained things that I have never grasped before. Brilliant and thank you so much. I will be teaching them how to speak French properly when I visit this year LOL

[@la-civetta]

Excellent lesson, Alexa! :) Regarding the structure, I would rather call the "5 reasons" word groups, as they all refer to a comparable class of elements (possessive pronouns, subject pronouns, demonstrative pronouns...). 6:40 You use the word "agree" here, but a better translation would be "to conform, to match, to correspond". The number and gender of adjectives and possessive pronouns (...) match, correspond to, conform with the number and gender of the noun.

[@louiseharris892]

Learnt so much from this lesson, merci!

[@JaquemarquesUP]

Wow! I love the way you explained, is so clear! My mother language is portuguese, so for us there is no "it" too, something is she or he, and the rules are the same, everything needs to agree with feminine or masculine, so is easier, but your explanation make it much easier...

[@BabarZa1]

Excellent style of teaching, I really appreciate. I clearly learn masculine n feminine sentences' grammatically n how to pronounce these sentences.

[@InvectivePleasure]

I wish someone had said this sentence to me months ago. "EVERYTHING HERE IS EITHER HE OR SHE". I NEVER understood how Il est vert could mean IT is green when Il = he. It's because everything is a he or she. This over many other things just made it click in my head. TY Alexa, you're making this so much easier for me. I only want to learn bc I love the language. I'll probably never have the money (and with 4 kids, I'll probably never have time) to travel to France, but I've loved this language my entire life, and I'm determined to learn to speak it, even if I never have a reason to use it. My husband is trying to learn with me simply bc he knows it makes me happy, so hopefully we'll both get there one day.

[@parlefrancaisavecadjoa5650]

Yes, wenn it is neutral in english, it is generally "il" in french : it is cold outside = il fait froid dehors. :)

[@jeanp.5929]

I'm pretty sure you'll learn to hate french like the rest of us.

[@InvectivePleasure]

Jean-Eider Pierre-Louis I could never! It might frustrate me a bit, but I couldn't HATE the language. The thought makes me sad!

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Go ahead, Carrie W!!!!

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[@shaipowell743]

I have trouble with tenses and genders but you explained it perfectly. I now have it and I have been watching your other videos. I'm starting to understand a little bit of what you say in French. thank you I'm a huge fan!

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It was amazing. I love the way you communicate. Very concise, precise, and to the point. Well done!

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Its awesome Alexa. The way you prepared it is really excellent. Thank you very much.

[@MrArlington900]

Merci beaucoup pour cette leçon. You have explained many things that I knew, but were not clear.

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Firstly Good morning Madam, I am from India .Your teaching method is very well. Thanks

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From India 🎉

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This was incredibly useful, thank you!

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A masterclass. Merci beaucoup Alexa.

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You're an amazing teacher. Merci beaucoup!

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Merci beaucoup Alexa C'est très intéressant leçon.

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she is a blessing to this world to be honest

[@ibunerayainyong1062]

I never this serious learning franc before..but now i do.. merci beaucoup madam pour les lecons..je pense que parle francais est dificile mais il es beau.. :)) Bisou bisou..😚😚😚

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You made me french interesting. You are a wknderful teacher. Merci beaucoup !

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Thanks Alexa,with you my French Language is improving gradually.

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Glad to hear it, keep going! 💙

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This mam teaches like mother.. ♥️

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It's crazy how much i struggled with my english, but french is so similar to hebrew 😂😂 תודה רבה! merci beaucoup

[@TungKhwoChi]

really? coz i really wanna learn hebrew, the language of jews.

[@divyakalramishra8156]

Hats off to you Alexa. You are super. I don't know how you get to know what problems your subscribers are facing but you just simply solve it.thank you. One more problem I am facing I have to write a online french language exam in coming June, I am facing a problem of using accents online. I tried and practice with various methods I don't know which one will be acceptable and allowed to use. Please suggest

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Merci beaucoup Alexa pour la leçon.

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Merci beaucoup, c'était très utile

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EXCELLENT explanation! Merci mille fois!

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You are a wonderful teacher . Merci beaucoup

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You are an excellent teacher Alexa. Thank you very much!

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THank you madam for this lesson, everything were cleared. I love you so much ..... bisou bisou...

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I love the way you explain things. Thank you very much dear gifted lady. Well done and Merci beaucoup.

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You should be teaching us the difference between IN, EN and UN. (If anyone has a link to it, please share.)

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I'm thankful to you ma. I love i call you my teacher, God bless you !

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Ca fait presque de 2 ans je vous suis pour appendre le francais.J’avais du mal a bien compri cette leçon plusieurs fois mais enfin j ai réussi de le battre. Grace a vous,Mme Alexia!

[@MixofLooks]

Thank you for clarification! One video did so much to my understanding of french))

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vos cours sont de trés haute qualite,merci Madam.

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So thankful for you!!!

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I am an Hindi speaker and I can speak English and Spanish fluently. I am learning French now in school. You have really helped me in French.

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good job its pretty rare for an indian to speak English fluently

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[@sabreenisane4101]

merci beaucoup mam for clearing my concept of masculine and feminine

[@lll8112]

Now how can I know the gender? Edit: Omg I understand au revoir, a bientôt in the end lol

[@rekhabhatt959]

Thanks I have learn French now

[@splendidsam8729]

thank you mam this will help in my tomorrow's exam

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Someone have to thank you for this exlent explaining

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I agree!

[@helenaotto4239]

Wow I now actually understand it!! You are fantastic at teaching!!!

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Tu es le meilleure prof 👍 Mais ce sujet est trop difficile 🤦‍♀️ J’ai mal à la tête 😄😄😄

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Who will we fine whether it is masculine or feminine mam???

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Amazing language teacher.

[@unverozkol]

Oh my god, this lecture is full of important knowledge. thank you.

[@ajantahalder9389]

Madame my mother tongue is Romanian and I find learning French very very very easy as in our language the mouth accent and tongue communication are similar to french we also have two genders and words usually end with ez,re,er,men and ar I wish you visit Romania In my country people are very friendly . I know 11 languages as I am vlogger . These languages are Spanish,Italian,English,Romanian,German,Dutch,Finnish,Russian, Swedish,Norwegian and Turkish. I am learning French as I am travelling in France . Honestly I absolutely love France . From diverse cultures to delicious , tasty food . Merci Beaucoup À Bientot Je vous remerci

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Your videos are great! Thank you. Can you make a video about Quantite: precise, imprecise??? I'm so confused

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Merci beaucoup Alexa, your teaching methods is very very good

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Très bonne leçon Alexa. Je les apprecie beacoup. Pour moi c'est plus d'une revue mais je les aime quand-même.

[@evelynlambert9312]

Hi Alexa can you explain why some letters are not pronounced

[@noellechan7930]

merci. easy to understand the difference

[@Jcremo]

Thank you. This is so helpful!

[@devjanichakraborty6204]

Alexa,you are a wonderful French teacher ! I would like to know how to identify the gender of an inanimate object such as chair,table etc in French ? Merci !

[@TuyishimireJeanBaptiste-e5l]

Hello Alexa!! May you teach us the ways can you use to know feminine and masculine about national? thanks you .

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Love ur teaching way

[@nancykarambu4996]

you are an excellent lecturer. lovely.

[@derek_williams]

Thanks. This is more an explanation of how to use gender rather than its importance. If you're only speaking the differences are quite small, and given the poor level of most French people's English, mistakes in gender are acceptable in reality. So many Francophones I meet have absolutely no language skill in any other language so my rubbish French is welcomed. Passing school exams is a different matter.

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Vos vidéos sont incroyables!! Je vous aime!!

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That was brilliant. Many thanks

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Merci beaucoup madame.

[@brendapivatto]

Amazing!!! very clarifying!!!

[@anievlog2620]

How to understand that the food item is of which gender

[@NehaSharma-jh6sb]

Alexa Pls make video on exceptions of gender as u spoke in the video..Pls alexa..I have understood ur concept explained above in the video but pls tell us the exceptions also

[@tracymontoute6104]

Hey wow... I need to learn to speak French fluently... I listen to u everyday... do u give classes in England?

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Good one Alexa. Thanks

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How do I order? Are these on discs or on line? If on line can I study when off line? ( no wiifii) How much does it cost? I like your style of teaching. Thank you Viola

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[@jeaninerumble6503]

Such a clear explanation! Merci!

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the best teacher .merci beaucoup

[@InvectivePleasure]

It's 'you catch my drift" or "you get the gist of it". I've never heard "you get my grip" lol it's super cute though! It's like how you say "you're going to tell me 'why is that?' " instead of saying "you're going to ASK me 'why is that' " It's cute ;-)

[@maxhope7691]

When Alexa said "it's not that hard, is it?" I laughed with pain, coz I found it hard to remember and apply in conversation, although I understand this video. headache.....

[@Saucnah]

thanks

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Thank you from Philippines!

[@alibobsmarland9572]

Hi. Would you still be understood if you wrote or said, la stylo est verte or le Fleur est vert by mistake?

[@kevinbarreau9672]

Yeah, French people will perfectly understand you but they will immediately know that you're not a French native :)

[@alibobsmarland9572]

Kévin Barreau Thanks. No chance of being taken for a native with my accent!

[@parlefrancaisavecadjoa5650]

Bien sûr, je vous comprends très bien !

[@donfergie525]

Hey I have a question since I am a girl do I say ‘Une pas courageuse’ or ‘Un pas courageux’ because I’m really not sure.

[@world4500]

Here remember one thing, that the adjective goes with the noun you are describing. Like in your example the noun is ‘pas’ which is musculine and hence you would always say it as “ Un pas courageux”.

[@randomeddieme]

Thank you for this helpful video.

[@indiragroup]

Excellent teacher