French GCSE
Grammatical gender patterns
What Grammatical gender patterns means in French GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Grammatical gender patterns
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Reference: AQA
Nouns ending in '-eur' denoting abstract qualities are typically feminine, while agent nouns are usually masculine but can have feminine equivalents.
Topics that use Grammatical gender patterns
- Using common patterns with French (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Abstract versus concrete nouns
- Action sequencing
- Adjectives
- Gender of nouns
- Noun formation
- Nouns
- Numbers and quantities
- Places of work
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