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Look at these nouns and adjectives ending in -ien, -ion, and -on :
Ton fils est mignon, et ta fille est mignonne aussi.
Your son is cute, and your daughter is cute too.
Il y a un château ancien et une église ancienne.
There is an ancient castle and an ancient church.
Voilà un bon gâteau et une bonne boisson.
Here is a good cake and a good drink.
Usain Bolt est un champion.
Serena Williams est une championne.
Usain Bolt is a champion.
Serena Williams is a champion.
Au zoo, il y a un lion et une lionne.
At the zoo, there is a lion and a lioness.
Andrew est australien, et Emma est aussi australienne.
Andrew is Australian, and Emma is also Australian.
To form the feminine form of nouns and adjectives ending in -ien, -ion and -on, you double the 'n' and add an 'e' at the end
-> -ienne, -ionne, -onne.
-> -ienne, -ionne, -onne.
Cases of nationalities:
Note that nationalities used as adjectives are NOT capitalised, whereas they are capitalised when used as nouns:
Ma petite amie est canadienne.
My girlfriend is Canadian.
Je connais un Canadien qui vit de l'autre côté de la rue.
I know a Canadian who lives across the street.
See also Forming the feminine of adjectives ending in -el, -eil, -il, -ul, -et, -s
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Usain Bolt est un champion.
Serena Williams est une championne.
Usain Bolt is a champion.
Serena Williams is a champion.
Voilà un bon gâteau et une bonne boisson.
Here is a good cake and a good drink.
Andrew est australien, et Emma est aussi australienne.
Andrew is Australian, and Emma is also Australian.
Il y a un château ancien et une église ancienne.
There is an ancient castle and an ancient church.
Ton fils est mignon, et ta fille est mignonne aussi.
Your son is cute, and your daughter is cute too.
Je connais un Canadien qui vit de l'autre côté de la rue.
I know a Canadian who lives across the street.
Au zoo, il y a un lion et une lionne.
At the zoo, there is a lion and a lioness.
Ma petite amie est canadienne.
My girlfriend is Canadian.
J'ai un chien et une chienne.
I have a dog and a female dog.
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Would like to clarify the audio’s pronunciation.
Bonjour Madame !
In the sentence of the lesson -J’ai un chien et une chienne. The audio speaks “shienn” for both words although ‘chien’ is spoken as ‘shian’ with a nasal sound I recall .
Also ‘et’ is not clear to me . Maybe because I am not a native speaker. Please clarify.
Merci d’avance !
Asked 4 months ago
Bonjour Varsha !
Indeed, the audio was quite confusing here :)
Thanks to you, I've now fixed it!
Merci et bonne journée !
Shrey asked:View original
Would like to clarify the audio’s pronunciation.
Bonjour Madame !
In the sentence of the lesson -J’ai un chien et une chienne. The audio speaks “shienn” for both words although ‘chien’ is spoken as ‘shian’ with a nasal sound I recall .
Also ‘et’ is not clear to me . Maybe because I am not a native speaker. Please clarify.
Merci d’avance !
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Bonjour. On the test I took "Il y a un Indien et une Indienne, why are they capitalized. I thought nationalities in french were not capitalized.
Asked 7 months ago
Hi Claudia,
If you look a the note in the lesson for the case of nationalities , if it is an adjective there is no capital letter, e.g.
Elle est indienne, il est français...
But if it is a noun, i.e. the inhabitant of that country there is a capital letter .
Elle c'est une Française, lui, c'est un Espagnol...
Hope this helps!
Claudia asked:View original
Bonjour. On the test I took "Il y a un Indien et une Indienne, why are they capitalized. I thought nationalities in french were not capitalized.
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Hi, some of the pronunciations sound robotic.
The pronunciation is not clear. Is it possible to have better recordings.
Asked 0 years ago
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Hi Anish - thanks for pointing that out. I've regenerated them with new voices so have a listen again and let me know if they're better? Best, Gruff.
still robotic :)
Anish asked:View original
Hi, some of the pronunciations sound robotic.
The pronunciation is not clear. Is it possible to have better recordings.
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