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Elise J.Kwiziq community member
Gender of instruments?
In these examples, instruments that end in -e are feminine while those that don't are masculine. Does this usually hold true?
This question relates to:French lesson "Jouer de = to play an instrument in French"
Asked 7 years ago
Bonjour Elise !
It is indeed generally the case, except for a few exceptions (as usual!):
le saxophone, le violoncelle (cello), l'orgue (organ), and le trombone.
Have a look at our vocabulary list of music instruments (whose link I have now added to this lesson):
https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/studylists/view/1188564">https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/studylists/view/1188564">https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/studylists/view/1188564">https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/studylists/view/1188564
Bonne journée !
It is indeed generally the case, except for a few exceptions (as usual!):
le saxophone, le violoncelle (cello), l'orgue (organ), and le trombone.
Have a look at our vocabulary list of music instruments (whose link I have now added to this lesson):
https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/studylists/view/1188564">https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/studylists/view/1188564">https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/studylists/view/1188564">https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/studylists/view/1188564
Bonne journée !
Bonjour Elise !
It is indeed generally the case, except for a few exceptions (as usual!):
le saxophone, le violoncelle (cello), l'orgue (organ), and le trombone.
Have a look at our vocabulary list of music instruments (whose link I have now added to this lesson):
https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/studylists/view/1188564">https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/studylists/view/1188564">https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/studylists/view/1188564">https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/studylists/view/1188564
Bonne journée !
It is indeed generally the case, except for a few exceptions (as usual!):
le saxophone, le violoncelle (cello), l'orgue (organ), and le trombone.
Have a look at our vocabulary list of music instruments (whose link I have now added to this lesson):
https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/studylists/view/1188564">https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/studylists/view/1188564">https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/studylists/view/1188564">https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/studylists/view/1188564
Bonne journée !
Ron T. Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Bonsoir Elise,
While your observation appears to be true about musical instruments, it also holds true for many countries, regions etc. Keeping that in mind, here is a site link that gives many musical instruments in English with the French counterpart name and gender (noted by the use of le, la, les and l'.
http://www.french-linguistics.co.uk/phrase_book/en/music.html
While I am not familiar with this resource, a quick read seems to be correct.
J'espère que ma réponse vous aidera.
Bonne chance et bonne continuation dans vos études en français, la langue de Molière et qui a été utilisé par le monde depuis l’époque d’Hugues Capet
Elise J. asked:
Gender of instruments?
In these examples, instruments that end in -e are feminine while those that don't are masculine. Does this usually hold true?
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