Noms Féminins et Masculins

The best way to memorize French nouns genders, is that when you are learning a noun, make sure to learn them WITH their article féminin/ masculin: UN crayon, UNE gomme.

Another useful strategy is to look at their suffixes: words ending in  "-i", "-is", "-ment", "-isme", "-age", "-in", "-ou", "-er", are USUSALLY masculin , and words ending in "-ie", "-ée", "-ette", "-esse", "-elle", "-ade", "-ence", "-ine", "-aison" are typically féminin.
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