 | Jean-Pons-Victor Lecoutz de Levizac - French language - 1828 - 466 pages
...expressed by their termination ; thus, final e mule is the distinctive mark of the feminine gender, every other final letter is the sign of the masculine....were it universal ; but this is far from being the case from the number of exceptions, and it is with the intention of affording the learner a tolerable... | |
 | Jean-Pons-Victor Lecoutz de Levizac - French language - 1833 - 476 pages
...expressed by their termination ; thus, final e mute is the distinctive mark of the feminine gender, every other final letter is the sign of the masculine....were it universal ; but this is far from being the case from the number of exceptions, and it is with the intention of affording the learner a tolerable... | |
 | Paul de Rapin-Thoyras, Rapin de Thoyras (M., Paul) - 1835 - 174 pages
...expressed by their termination ; thus, the final e mute is the distinctive mark of the feminine gender, every other final letter is the sign of the masculine....were it universal; but this is far from being the case, from the number of the exceptions : and it is with the intention of affording the learner a tolerable... | |
 | J H. Cooper - 1840 - 76 pages
...objects, is generally expressed by their terminations ; thus, final e 'mute is the distinctive mark of the feminine gender, and every other final letter is the...of the masculine. This would be an excellent rule, observes ML were it universal, but this is far from being the case." — This is mere trifling, and... | |
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The gender of nouns, in inanimate objects, is generally expressed by their termination ; thus, final e mute is the distinctive mark of the feminine gender, every other final letter is the sign of the masculine. This would be an excellent rule, were it... 