I find the questions which ask things like "If I say "Tu es français.", who am I speaking to: Lucie or Hugo?" quite frustrating, because the gendering of
names isn't fixed. According to
https://madame.lefigaro.fr/prenoms/prenom/garcon/lucie, Lucie, whilst
predominantely feminine, has been a mixed name for over a century.
Gendering of names
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Sebastian S.Kwiziq community member
Gendering of names
This question relates to:French lesson "Adjectives of nationalities vary depending on gender in French (French Adjectives)"
Asked 3 months ago
Chris W. Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
I think you can safely go with the overwhelmingly vast majority and take Hugo as male and Lucie as female. A male Lucie would normally be called a Luc. ;)
CécileKwiziq team member
Hi Sebastian,
That is an interesting comment because I have the same problem with non-European names and need to check whether they are male or female.
I am gathering that the only problem was uniquely about Lucie as there are many different names in the exercise?
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