ABSTRACT
This chapter outlines some general patterns that can help one to remember the gender of nouns and highlights common nouns that tend to cause problems. It also draws attention to nouns that change meaning according to their gender. The chapter discusses the formation of the plural and highlights cases where a plural noun in French corresponds to a singular noun in English and vice versa. It also discusses common problems with adjective agreements. In spoken French, there is often no audible distinction between the singular and plural forms of a noun. It is usually only the determiner that serves as a plural marker in the spoken language. Adjectives must agree in gender and number with the noun or pronoun that they qualify. Many of these agreements, particularly the plural forms, are inaudible in the spoken language, but one must take care to make them when writing French.
