Gender of après-midi

Harlan M.C1Kwiziq community member

Gender of après-midi

I was surprised to see my use of "cet après-midi" corrected to "cette après-midi". So I looked it up and found that both genders are used for that phrase.

This question relates to:French dictation exercise "A rainy afternoon"

Dictation exercise B1

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CélineNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Bonjour Harlan,

You are right that both "cet" and "cette" are correct with the word "après-midi". I checked the exercise and both spellings are already accepted. It's possible that part of your answer was crossed in red due to the wrong punctuation. I will pass this on to the French language team.

I hope this is helpful.

Bonne journée !

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Harlan M. asked:

Gender of après-midi

I was surprised to see my use of "cet après-midi" corrected to "cette après-midi". So I looked it up and found that both genders are used for that phrase.

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