language change according to gender.

jaidev s.A1Kwiziq community member

Elle adore la culture britannique, et parle bien anglais.

As in this sentence we are talking about Cecile(female), so why we use "anglais" instead of "anglaise"

Asked 4 years ago

CécileKwiziq Native French TeacherCorrect answer

Hi Jaidev,

It is because anglais ( English - the language) is masculine.

But you would say,

Judith est anglaise et elle parle le français couramment = Judith is English and she speaks French fluently

Hope this helps!

Like14 years ago

Elle adore la culture britannique, et parle bien anglais.

As in this sentence we are talking about Cecile(female), so why we use "anglais" instead of "anglaise"

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