Un/Une

Rebecca W.A1Kwiziq community member

Un/Une

I am confused.  I know Un is used with masculine nouns and Une is with feminine nouns.  But when I looked at the examples of these two:

Un exemple

Une aventure

They both use the English An, but in French, both nouns are feminine, ending in E.  So, why use the masculine form of Un with Exemple???

Asked 1 year ago
Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

Indeed, the French noun exemple is masculine even though it ends in -e. There's lots more nouns that end in -e and still are masculine, .e.g., lycée, musée. There is a lesson on this on kwiziq:  Identifying the gender of nouns by some specific word endings in French

Un/Une

I am confused.  I know Un is used with masculine nouns and Une is with feminine nouns.  But when I looked at the examples of these two:

Un exemple

Une aventure

They both use the English An, but in French, both nouns are feminine, ending in E.  So, why use the masculine form of Un with Exemple???

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