Hi Mary,
Yes, "la bouteille" is feminine but "un tiers" is masculine. So "un tiers de la bouteille".
-- Chris (not a native speaker).
Why would you say, J’ai bu un tiers de la bouteille, when bouteille is feminine?
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Why would you say, J’ai bu un tiers de la bouteille, when bouteille is feminine?
This question relates to:French lesson "Ordinal vs Cardinal numbers - Differences between French and English usages"
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MichelleKwiziq Q&A regular contributor
But tierce is used in the other example to agree with the feminine personne. So, like Steven, I'm not understanding the reasoning here. Doesn't tiers/tierce, agree with the noun like premier/première and second/seconde do?
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Why would you say, J’ai bu un tiers de la bouteille, when bouteille is feminine?
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