Adjectives ending in -er become -ère in the feminine

Neil H.A2Kwiziq community member

Adjectives ending in -er become -ère in the feminine

This question referring to visitors either visiteurs or visiteuses has a reference to adjectives ending in "er" becoming "ere" in the feminine. Could you please explain how this is relevant? I'm really missing something here.

Regards,

Neil

Asked 2 years ago
CélineNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Bonjour Neil,

I am guessing you are referring to the following question: 

Which of the statements is correct:  «Il y a des visiteurs étrangers à l’hôtel», «Il y a des visiteuses étrangères à l’hôtel»  -> both are correct

The adjectives are "étrangers" and "étrangères" -> singular form "étranger" / "étrangère". This is relevant because it shows how French adjectives ending in -er in the masculine form change to -ère in the feminine form as per the lesson content. 

While the noun "un visiteur" (masculine form) becomes "une visiteuse" (feminine form), other nouns following the same pattern are: un voyageur (= a traveller) - un voltigeur (= an acrobat)- un voleur (= a thief) ...

I hope this is helpful.

Bonne journée !

Jim J.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Hi Neil,

Perhaps I'm not understanding your point?

If you believe that there is an error then this should be directed to the Help Desk rather than the Language Forum. 

Bonne continuation.

Jim

Adjectives ending in -er become -ère in the feminine

This question referring to visitors either visiteurs or visiteuses has a reference to adjectives ending in "er" becoming "ere" in the feminine. Could you please explain how this is relevant? I'm really missing something here.

Regards,

Neil

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