There was a discussion not too long ago about this topic on TIPS.
In French, there are some rules, but I could not even begin to name them. But the rules, I believe, have more to do with how you write words, than why they are feminine or masculine.
But then again, nobody expects the language of love to be easy, right?
JM
Stuart Mckelvie wrote:
Dear Jean-Marc,
It's funny how la foi has no "e" on the end and le foie does!
Ah, the vagaries of (French) language!
More seriously, and perhaps related to psychology (perhaps the psychology of language or language learning), what is the basis of masculine and feminine French nouns? Is there any rhyme or reason to it?
Stuart
Date sent: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 11:35:27 -0800 From: "Jean-Marc Perreault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Brenda's titles Send reply to: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[email protected]>
This one would really work, except that "foi" is feminine (faith) and "foie" is masculine (liver).
Gotta get those genders straigtened up, Annette! ;-)
JM
Annette Taylor, Ph. D. wrote:
---Defender of the liver?
;-)
Annette
Quoting Paul Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Desole - j'ai eu l'intention a demander "Pour quoi pas D'fendeuse de la Foi?".Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D.
Paul
Paul Smith wrote:
Pour quoi pas "D'fendereuse de la Foi"?
Paul Smith Alverno College Milwaukee
Jean-Marc Perreault wrote:
Actually, last time I hear, Elizabeth was the Queen, and not the King. Therefore, it should go as follows: Instead of /"D¨fendeur de la Foi", one should read //*"D¨fenderesse* de la Foi".
JM
/ Christopher Green wrote:
Rick Froman wrote:
You must know that is only half of her title in Canada. The other half is:
/Elizabeth Deux, par la gr¨ce de Dieu, Reine du Royaume-Uni, du Canada et de ses autres royaumes et territoires, Chef du Commonwealth, D¨fendeur de la Foi./
/ /
Can’t you be convicted in some parts of Canada for making such a faux pas?
M¨ oui!
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