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Determining the gender from the ending

The use of semantics to determine the gender

Compound Nouns

Homographs and Homophones

Plural nouns ending in au, eau, eu, oeu, and ou

Plural nouns ending in al, ail, s, x and z

Plural Compound Nouns

Homographs and Homophones with Different Genders

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Catherine:	Que dirais-tu Charly si nous parlions aujourd'hui d'une recette de cuisine traditionnelle pour travailler notre leçon de grammaire sur les homographes et les homophones ?
Charly:	Avec plaisir, Catherine. Laisse-moi deviner. Tu comptes parler de la recette du foie de veau ?
Catherine:	Non.
Charly:	Alors ça doit être une recette de poisson. J'en connais au moins trois qui ont des homophones le bar, la sole et la raie.

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