Masculine and Feminine. In French all nouns have a gender, either masculine or feminine. The articles agree with the nouns they refer too, so they also have a gender. Except for animals and humans, most of the time, gender is arbitrary.A table is feminine (la table), whereas the sun is masculine (le soleil). 1  1.2  Articles:he articles agree with the nouns they refer too, so they also have a gender. Except for animals and humans, most of the time, gender is arbitrary. A table is feminine (la table), whereas the sun is masculine (le soleil). 1  1. 2  Articles:
In French, Ãªtre means: to be. Listen to Ãªtre: (If you have an HTML5 enabled browser, you can listen to the native audio below) This is a word that is used in the GamesForLanguage French Language Game in the following scenes: French 1, Level 2, Scene 1. French 1, Level 1, Scene 1. French 1, Level 3, Scene 6.
The story of raconteur is a tale of telling and counting. English speakers borrowed the word from French, where it traces back to the Old French verb raconter, meaning to tell. Raconter in turn was formed from another Old French verb, aconter or acompter, meaning to tell or to count, which is ultimately from Latin computare, meaning to count.