Amazing video. Another reason why gender is important: Some words that are spelled and pronounced exactly the same may take different meanings for different genders. For instance "le livre" means the book, whereas "la livre" means Pound Sterling.
English is my second language. How simple English actually is! Learning French is like doing acrobatics in your head. Haha... French people see a gender in everything they see (my eyes are popping).
I found a simple answer to this. I just stick to one and forget the rest. French may be staring at you funny but they'll get what you're trying to say. Fuk the french anyways. Merci á tous for coming to my Ted talk
dear alexa: when I started learning french, you were/are the first french teacher I subscribed to. Since then, I have been following you and other teachers on RUclips in search of that magic wand that will teach me french the fastest and the easiest. But, and I truly mean it, you are one of the best, if not the best, french teacher of all. Thank you very much and I will continue following you. Merci beaucoup!
I wish someone had said this sentence to me months ago. "EVERYTHING HERE IS EITHER HE OR SHE". I NEVER understood how Il est vert could mean IT is green when Il = he. It's because everything is a he or she. This over many other things just made it click in my head. TY Alexa, you're making this so much easier for me. I only want to learn bc I love the language. I'll probably never have the money (and with 4 kids, I'll probably never have time) to travel to France, but I've loved this language my entire life, and I'm determined to learn to speak it, even if I never have a reason to use it. My husband is trying to learn with me simply bc he knows it makes me happy, so hopefully we'll both get there one day.
Your videos are totally underrated. I hope more people will get to watch your videos. I've learnt Spanish, Italian and French through RUclips and I can confidently say that yours is by far the best and the most concise teaching video I have watched. It is just amazinggg!!! Merci beaucoup Alexa
I wish the 300 dollars I spent on the book and the online program would have been half this good. If I'm gonna get ripped off by college and forced to buy a 300 dollar book it should at least be worth half that at bare minimum
One thing I might add where you compare interrogative pronouns from french to english (11:55) .. when you go from singular to plural in english there is actually a change that is needed from "what" to "which" ... so it should be "What pen is on the table" and "which pens are on the table"
In my language, even animals have no gender, we call cat as "pusa" ( whether it's male or a female), book as "aklat" ( no gender at all) So is every thing, only person has a gender. I think you're the best French teacher I know :)
This is probably the most important video to comprehending the fundamentals of French...unless I'm ahead of myself. All of French is surrounded by Gender and number, you can't get away from it!! very nice video. Merci, et bisou bisou :)
It's 'you catch my drift" or "you get the gist of it". I've never heard "you get my grip" lol it's super cute though! It's like how you say "you're going to tell me 'why is that?' " instead of saying "you're going to ASK me 'why is that' " It's cute ;-)
I have some long term French friends. As their English has got better so my French has got worse! These lessons have explained things that I have never grasped before. Brilliant and thank you so much. I will be teaching them how to speak French properly when I visit this year LOL
Excellent lesson, Alexa! :) Regarding the structure, I would rather call the "5 reasons" word groups, as they all refer to a comparable class of elements (possessive pronouns, subject pronouns, demonstrative pronouns...). 6:40 You use the word "agree" here, but a better translation would be "to conform, to match, to correspond". The number and gender of adjectives and possessive pronouns (...) match, correspond to, conform with the number and gender of the noun.
This summary lesson is very useful. It is heavy loaded with grammatical content, though. So one has to stop and go and repeat it again and again. It serves well for either repeating the principles, or finding out where your gaps are for working on them separately. Thank you so much, Alexa.
Wow! I love the way you explained, is so clear! My mother language is portuguese, so for us there is no "it" too, something is she or he, and the rules are the same, everything needs to agree with feminine or masculine, so is easier, but your explanation make it much easier...
I never this serious learning franc before..but now i do.. merci beaucoup madam pour les lecons..je pense que parle francais est dificile mais il es beau.. :)) Bisou bisou..😚😚😚
I have trouble with tenses and genders but you explained it perfectly. I now have it and I have been watching your other videos. I'm starting to understand a little bit of what you say in French. thank you I'm a huge fan!
Ca fait presque de 2 ans je vous suis pour appendre le francais.J’avais du mal a bien compri cette leçon plusieurs fois mais enfin j ai réussi de le battre. Grace a vous,Mme Alexia!
Hats off to you Alexa. You are super. I don't know how you get to know what problems your subscribers are facing but you just simply solve it.thank you. One more problem I am facing I have to write a online french language exam in coming June, I am facing a problem of using accents online. I tried and practice with various methods I don't know which one will be acceptable and allowed to use. Please suggest
Learning French would a bit less challenging if gender was done away with. The French is so avant garde in my aspect and it's surprising that this hasn't already been done. Heck they originated the terminology.
I have a question ....if we are changing the gender of the possessive pronoun according to the gender of the noun..isn't it affecting the speaker's gender???...It would be very helpful if you can clarify...:)
Here remember one thing, that the adjective goes with the noun you are describing. Like in your example the noun is ‘pas’ which is musculine and hence you would always say it as “ Un pas courageux”.
Madame my mother tongue is Romanian and I find learning French very very very easy as in our language the mouth accent and tongue communication are similar to french we also have two genders and words usually end with ez,re,er,men and ar I wish you visit Romania In my country people are very friendly . I know 11 languages as I am vlogger . These languages are Spanish,Italian,English,Romanian,German,Dutch,Finnish,Russian, Swedish,Norwegian and Turkish. I am learning French as I am travelling in France . Honestly I absolutely love France . From diverse cultures to delicious , tasty food . Merci Beaucoup À Bientot Je vous remerci
How do I order? Are these on discs or on line? If on line can I study when off line? ( no wiifii) How much does it cost? I like your style of teaching. Thank you Viola
Alexa Pls make video on exceptions of gender as u spoke in the video..Pls alexa..I have understood ur concept explained above in the video but pls tell us the exceptions also
Alexa,you are a wonderful French teacher ! I would like to know how to identify the gender of an inanimate object such as chair,table etc in French ? Merci !
Thanks. This is more an explanation of how to use gender rather than its importance. If you're only speaking the differences are quite small, and given the poor level of most French people's English, mistakes in gender are acceptable in reality. So many Francophones I meet have absolutely no language skill in any other language so my rubbish French is welcomed. Passing school exams is a different matter.
When Alexa said "it's not that hard, is it?" I laughed with pain, coz I found it hard to remember and apply in conversation, although I understand this video. headache.....
Hands down, one of the best French language teachers online.
Vrai
Oui :)
Oui👍👍
OH MY GOD WOW
Amazing video.
Another reason why gender is important:
Some words that are spelled and pronounced exactly the same may take different meanings for different genders. For instance "le livre" means the book, whereas "la livre" means Pound Sterling.
English is my second language. How simple English actually is! Learning French is like doing acrobatics in your head. Haha... French people see a gender in everything they see (my eyes are popping).
lol...😂
There are languages that have the neutral gender as well. It ads variety but yeah, it makes things convoluted.
I found a simple answer to this. I just stick to one and forget the rest. French may be staring at you funny but they'll get what you're trying to say. Fuk the french anyways. Merci á tous for coming to my Ted talk
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dear alexa: when I started learning french, you were/are the first french teacher I subscribed to. Since then, I have been following you and other teachers on RUclips in search of that magic wand that will teach me french the fastest and the easiest. But, and I truly mean it, you are one of the best, if not the best, french teacher of all. Thank you very much and I will continue following you. Merci beaucoup!
I love the way she explain everything so clearly
really you are not for real😮😮😮
I wish someone had said this sentence to me months ago. "EVERYTHING HERE IS EITHER HE OR SHE". I NEVER understood how Il est vert could mean IT is green when Il = he. It's because everything is a he or she. This over many other things just made it click in my head.
TY Alexa, you're making this so much easier for me. I only want to learn bc I love the language. I'll probably never have the money (and with 4 kids, I'll probably never have time) to travel to France, but I've loved this language my entire life, and I'm determined to learn to speak it, even if I never have a reason to use it. My husband is trying to learn with me simply bc he knows it makes me happy, so hopefully we'll both get there one day.
Yes, wenn it is neutral in english, it is generally "il" in french : it is cold outside = il fait froid dehors. :)
I'm pretty sure you'll learn to hate french like the rest of us.
Jean-Eider Pierre-Louis I could never! It might frustrate me a bit, but I couldn't HATE the language. The thought makes me sad!
Go ahead, Carrie W!!!!
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Your videos are totally underrated. I hope more people will get to watch your videos. I've learnt Spanish, Italian and French through RUclips and I can confidently say that yours is by far the best and the most concise teaching video I have watched. It is just amazinggg!!! Merci beaucoup Alexa
I love these videos. So clear and well explained. The strength is in the examples given... thank you very much
I wish the 300 dollars I spent on the book and the online program would have been half this good. If I'm gonna get ripped off by college and forced to buy a 300 dollar book it should at least be worth half that at bare minimum
One thing I might add where you compare interrogative pronouns from french to english (11:55) .. when you go from singular to plural in english there is actually a change that is needed from "what" to "which" ... so it should be "What pen is on the table" and "which pens are on the table"
Firstly Good morning Madam, I am from India .Your teaching method is very well. Thanks
From India 🎉
In my language, even animals have no gender, we call cat as "pusa" ( whether it's male or a female),
book as "aklat" ( no gender at all)
So is every thing, only person has a gender.
I think you're the best French teacher I know :)
Learnt so much from this lesson, merci!
This is probably the most important video to comprehending the fundamentals of French...unless I'm ahead of myself. All of French is surrounded by Gender and number, you can't get away from it!! very nice video. Merci, et bisou bisou :)
Best French teacher you improve people's French every day
You are a great teacher Alexa . It is my third day of learning french ! I am 17 and I have loved this language .. I hope I will continue
It's 'you catch my drift" or "you get the gist of it". I've never heard "you get my grip" lol
it's super cute though! It's like how you say "you're going to tell me 'why is that?' " instead of saying "you're going to ASK me 'why is that' "
It's cute ;-)
I have some long term French friends. As their English has got better so my French has got worse! These lessons have explained things that I have never grasped before. Brilliant and thank you so much. I will be teaching them how to speak French properly when I visit this year LOL
She is one of the best for English speakers and Nelson for Spanish speakers. Thanks a lot for this video.
This is the best, comprehensive, least complicated, helpful lesson on this infuriatingly complex subject I have ever heard. Thank you Alexa.
You're one of the best teachers I have ever seen! Merci!
This was incredibly useful, thank you!
Excellent lesson, Alexa! :)
Regarding the structure, I would rather call the "5 reasons" word groups, as they all refer to a comparable class of elements (possessive pronouns, subject pronouns, demonstrative pronouns...).
6:40 You use the word "agree" here, but a better translation would be "to conform, to match, to correspond". The number and gender of adjectives and possessive pronouns (...) match, correspond to, conform with the number and gender of the noun.
It's crazy how much i struggled with my english, but french is so similar to hebrew 😂😂
תודה רבה! merci beaucoup
really? coz i really wanna learn hebrew, the language of jews.
This summary lesson is very useful. It is heavy loaded with grammatical content, though. So one has to stop and go and repeat it again and again. It serves well for either repeating the principles, or finding out where your gaps are for working on them separately. Thank you so much, Alexa.
Wow! I love the way you explained, is so clear! My mother language is portuguese, so for us there is no "it" too, something is she or he, and the rules are the same, everything needs to agree with feminine or masculine, so is easier, but your explanation make it much easier...
Merci beaucoup pour cette leçon. You have explained many things that I knew, but were not clear.
I never this serious learning franc before..but now i do.. merci beaucoup madam pour les lecons..je pense que parle francais est dificile mais il es beau.. :))
Bisou bisou..😚😚😚
Excellent style of teaching, I really appreciate. I clearly learn masculine n feminine sentences' grammatically n how to pronounce these sentences.
Its awesome Alexa. The way you prepared it is really excellent. Thank you very much.
I have trouble with tenses and genders but you explained it perfectly. I now have it and I have been watching your other videos. I'm starting to understand a little bit of what you say in French. thank you I'm a huge fan!
Ms.Alexa,
You are a very good French teacher. I have learnt a lot from you. Thank you so much.
It was amazing. I love the way you communicate. Very concise, precise, and to the point. Well done!
You're an amazing teacher. Merci beaucoup!
Merci beaucoup Alexa
C'est très intéressant leçon.
You made me french interesting. You are a wknderful teacher. Merci beaucoup !
This mam teaches like mother.. ♥️
Merci beaucoup Alexa pour la leçon.
Thank you for clarification! One video did so much to my understanding of french))
Best french classes I have ever found ! thank you for creating videos.
A masterclass. Merci beaucoup Alexa.
she is a blessing to this world to be honest
THank you madam for this lesson, everything were cleared.
I love you so much ..... bisou bisou...
Now how can I know the gender?
Edit:
Omg I understand au revoir, a bientôt in the end lol
Thanks Alexa,with you my French Language is improving gradually.
Glad to hear it, keep going! 💙
Exceptions makes french difficult
You are a wonderful teacher . Merci beaucoup
Your videos are great! Thank you. Can you make a video about Quantite: precise, imprecise??? I'm so confused
Ca fait presque de 2 ans je vous suis pour appendre le francais.J’avais du mal a bien compri cette leçon plusieurs fois mais enfin j ai réussi de le battre. Grace a vous,Mme Alexia!
I am an Hindi speaker and I can speak English and Spanish fluently. I am learning French now in school. You have really helped me in French.
good job
its pretty rare for an indian to speak English fluently
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooookeep your mouth shut okay 🙄🙄
Hats off to you Alexa. You are super. I don't know how you get to know what problems your subscribers are facing but you just simply solve it.thank you.
One more problem I am facing I have to write a online french language exam in coming June, I am facing a problem of using accents online.
I tried and practice with various methods I don't know which one will be acceptable and allowed to use. Please suggest
Merci beaucoup, c'était très utile
You should be teaching us the difference between IN, EN and UN.
(If anyone has a link to it, please share.)
I love the way you explain things. Thank you very much dear gifted lady. Well done and Merci beaucoup.
So thankful for you!!!
EXCELLENT explanation! Merci mille fois!
Tu es le meilleure prof 👍
Mais ce sujet est trop difficile 🤦♀️
J’ai mal à la tête 😄😄😄
You are an excellent teacher Alexa. Thank you very much!
Thanks I have learn French now
Learning French would a bit less challenging if gender was done away with. The French is so avant garde in my aspect and it's surprising that this hasn't already been done. Heck they originated the terminology.
I'm thankful to you ma. I love i call you my teacher, God bless you !
realy nice
Wow I now actually understand it!! You are fantastic at teaching!!!
Someone have to thank you for this exlent explaining
I agree!
Thank you. This is so helpful!
0:03 oh wait i've lost u there
Amazing!!! very clarifying!!!
I have a question ....if we are changing the gender of the possessive pronoun according to the gender of the noun..isn't it affecting the speaker's gender???...It would be very helpful if you can clarify...:)
Thank you ,i have learnt a lot,you are a kind and passion people .❤️
Hi. Would you still be understood if you wrote or said, la stylo est verte or le Fleur est vert by mistake?
Yeah, French people will perfectly understand you but they will immediately know that you're not a French native :)
Kévin Barreau Thanks. No chance of being taken for a native with my accent!
Bien sûr, je vous comprends très bien !
Hey I have a question since I am a girl do I say
‘Une pas courageuse’ or ‘Un pas courageux’ because I’m really not sure.
Here remember one thing, that the adjective goes with the noun you are describing. Like in your example the noun is ‘pas’ which is musculine and hence you would always say it as “ Un pas courageux”.
vos cours sont de trés haute qualite,merci Madam.
Très bonne leçon Alexa. Je les apprecie beacoup. Pour moi c'est plus d'une revue mais je les aime quand-même.
thank you mam this will help in my tomorrow's exam
Who will we fine whether it is masculine or feminine mam???
merci. easy to understand the difference
Hi Alexa can you explain why some letters are not pronounced
Madame my mother tongue is Romanian and I find learning French very very very easy as in our language the mouth accent and tongue communication are similar to french we also have two genders and words usually end with ez,re,er,men and ar I wish you visit Romania In my country people are very friendly . I know 11 languages as I am vlogger . These languages are Spanish,Italian,English,Romanian,German,Dutch,Finnish,Russian, Swedish,Norwegian and Turkish. I am learning French as I am travelling in France . Honestly I absolutely love France . From diverse cultures to delicious , tasty food . Merci Beaucoup À Bientot Je vous remerci
merci beaucoup mam for clearing my concept of masculine and feminine
Amazing language teacher.
Green flowers? I want some :-). ThankYou dear
Oh my god, this lecture is full of important knowledge. thank you.
That was brilliant. Many thanks
*behind of the noun you mean*
I don't know why people say infront.
you are an excellent lecturer. lovely.
Hey wow... I need to learn to speak French fluently... I listen to u everyday... do u give classes in England?
How do I order? Are these on discs or on line? If on line can I study when off line? ( no wiifii)
How much does it cost?
I like your style of teaching. Thank you
Viola
Such a clear explanation! Merci!
Love ur teaching way
Alexa
Pls make video on exceptions of gender as u spoke in the video..Pls alexa..I have understood ur concept explained above in the video but pls tell us the exceptions also
Merci beaucoup Alexa, your teaching methods is very very good
Alexa,you are a wonderful French teacher ! I would like to know how to identify the gender of an inanimate object such as chair,table etc in French ?
Merci !
After the video, this is my face: 🤣 ok well
How to understand that the food item is of which gender
Thanks. This is more an explanation of how to use gender rather than its importance. If you're only speaking the differences are quite small, and given the poor level of most French people's English, mistakes in gender are acceptable in reality. So many Francophones I meet have absolutely no language skill in any other language so my rubbish French is welcomed. Passing school exams is a different matter.
I really love all your video because I have learned allot from it.
When Alexa said "it's not that hard, is it?" I laughed with pain, coz I found it hard to remember and apply in conversation, although I understand this video. headache.....
Thank you for this helpful video.
Good one Alexa. Thanks