Gender agreement

Question

Mes chausseurs ne vont pas ensemble:  _____ est bleu est l'autre jaune-colors may be wrong.  I put l'un which was wrong and l'une was right.  What am I missing here, chausseur is masculine

Accepted Answer

Hi Mike,
The example in the Kwiz is -
Mes chaussures ne vont pas ensemble - l'une est rouge et l'autre bleue = My shoes don't match, one is red and the other is blue
Chaussure is feminine, one clue would have been bleue ( the final -e is a mark of the feminine noun)
Bonne Continuation!

Answer

Hi Mike,Shoe  --> chaussure (nf)Shoes  --> chaussuresChausseur (nm) -- > ShoemakerI think this is the answer that you are looking for.Hope it helps, Jim

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Are you sure it wasn’t “mes chaussettes” as per the example in the lesson ? “ Chausseurs doesn’t fit, as Jim notes. More likely to have odd coloured socks than shoes or shoemakers, but I guess anything  is possible in fashion !

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You're all right.   I misspelled "chaussures" as "chausseurs" when looking up the word.  Didn't read the definition, only whether it was M of F. Sorry.