Why is the possessive adjective masculine (son) before a feminine noun (trophée), please?
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Cheryl N.Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Why is the possessive adjective masculine (son) before a feminine noun (trophée), please?
The quizz question is:
Elle tient son trophée. (She holds her trophy.) The exercise was conjugating tenir.
Cheryl
Asked 8 years ago
Ahhh! Yes, it does seem feminine with that ending, but in fact, c'est:
un trophée
le trophée
Hope that explains!
un trophée
le trophée
Hope that explains!
Cheryl N.Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Merci Gruff!
Well, I would never have guessed that noun was masculine, with that ending.
I suspected there was (another) obscure rule...
Cheryl
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