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PJ F.B1Kwiziq community member

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pourquoi quand vous dîtes “ J’arrive au “travail” vers neuf heures etc’  travail est masculin quand même nous connaissons la personne est feminine....  Et son amie Annie “travaille” à coté de son bureau ??

Asked 5 years ago
CécileNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Hi PJ,

You are confusing the noun 'travail' which is masculine as in -

J'arrive au travail = I arrive at work

and the verb 'travailler' which has no gender it is just the way it is conjugated: 

Je travaille

Tu travailles

Elle/il/on travaille

etc.

 

Take a look at the following Kwiziq lesson on how to conjugate regular verbs ending in 'er' like travailler-

https://french.kwiziq.com/revision/grammar/conjugate-regular-er-verbs-in-le-present-present-tense

Hope this helps!

Stephen W.A2Kwiziq community member

I arrive at work - not - I arrive (in order) to work which I think "J'arrive pour travailler" Is this £22 billion black hole.

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pourquoi quand vous dîtes “ J’arrive au “travail” vers neuf heures etc’  travail est masculin quand même nous connaissons la personne est feminine....  Et son amie Annie “travaille” à coté de son bureau ??

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