In the French language, words have genders. They are either masculine or feminine.
For example:
Le chat (the cat - masculine) and la souris (the mouse - feminine). Articles (le, la) and adjectives referring to the noun (cat – souris) are gendered by it:
Le chat noir and la souris noire (The black cat and the black mouse). Note that the articles (le, la) and the adjective (noir) differ according to the gender of the noun.
Words also take the plural form, often by adding an "s" at the end of the word. They keep their gender though. Our example in plural form is:
Les chats noirs et les souris noires. (Black cats and black mice) Words « chat » and « souris » are still respectively masculine and feminine.
The word "Amour" (love) behaves differently depending on whether it's singular or plural.
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" Amour " is masculine when singular and feminine when plural. This is a little strangeness of the French language.
For instance:
L’amour éternel and les amours éternelles. (eternal love and eternal loves). Note that the adjective "éternel" takes the feminine plural form when the word "amour" is plural.
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I imagine that the word amour takes upon the feminine in the plural because a woman's heart is capable of greater love and compassion where perhaps a man's heart is more singular in purpose and focus. Nice post.
Merci je apprendre le français et la féminine et masculine est le plus difficle pour nous anglophiles.
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