Why are French words masculine and feminine? Finally understand gender in French

Learning French is confusing enough before you start to throw in the fact that some words are masculine and feminine. Frequently learners ask why French nouns are masculine and feminine. In this video, I explain why French uses grammatical gender and how it can actually be beneficial. A lot of languages in the world use grammatical gender, but English is not one of those.

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