hi, why "L'année prochaine" is femenine in the example:
L'année prochaine, il commence l'université.
hi, why "L'année prochaine" is femenine in the example:
L'année prochaine, il commence l'université.
Cesar - the noun ‘ année ‘ is (always) feminine.
Perhaps you are confusing ‘ année’ with the noun ‘ an ‘, which is masculine, but not appropriate to use in the sentence ?
As a general rule, asking ‘ why ‘ with noun genders, is a futile exercise. They just need to be learnt/acquired through exposure, notwithstanding that some clues may be helpful in guessing.
https://www.wordreference.com/fren/année
Identifying the gender of nouns by some specific word endings in French
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