A day in the life of a journalist: plural masculine nouns '-x' and '-aux'
Learning outcomes
I can use plural nouns to describe current events.
I can understand and use French stress syllabification.
A day in the life of a journalist: plural masculine nouns '-x' and '-aux'
Learning outcomes
I can use plural nouns to describe current events.
I can understand and use French stress syllabification.
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Key learning points
- French is not a stress-timed language. Sound all vowels. Say syllables equally with a slight emphasis on the last one.
- Add -s to the majority of nouns to make them plural.
- Add -x to masculine nouns ending in -eau or -eu. There is no difference in pronunciation because 'x' is a SFC.
- Masculine nouns ending -al or -ail end in -aux in the plural form; the singular and plural forms sound different.
Keywords
Stress - pronouncing one syllable more heavily than other syllables in a word
Noun - word for a person, place or thing
Common misconception
Add -s to make all nouns plural in French.
Many nouns do need an -s in the plural form but masculine nouns ending in -eau or -eu need -x adding in the plural form, and there are other exceptions.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
to go out, exit
to sleep, sleeping
to leave, leaving
to become, becoming
to come back, coming back
to come, coming
Exit quiz
6 Questions
fire
fires
newspaper
newspapers
network
networks