General Discussion

Ok; then let’s say for non-gender identifiable nouns (in the English sense of the word): books, cars, tables desks, etc.; they all have a “gender” possessive identity. So a book is “Mon livre” whether it’s a woman talking or a man. And while I don’t know who decided on these genders, sometimes I think it just depends on the way it sounds. Like for example, “my car” in French is “Mon auto”. The “n” is silent, so it just kind of flows off the tongue; mo-auto. If “car” was considered feminine it would be “ma auto”, which (to me) seems a bit awkward to pronounce.

Anyway, sorry again all you fluent French speakers for anything I’ve gotten wrong. For a Canadian born person living 5 miles from the Quebec border, and with a VERY French surname at that my knowledge of the language is pretty limited!