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There are regional variances: In Québec, we say "une job", but in France they use "un job", but it's "un suprise party" here, versus "une surprise party" in Fra
by alricb 12y ago
There are regional variances: In Québec, we say "une job", but in France they use "un job", but it's "un suprise party" here, versus "une surprise party" in France.
Sometimes, when the translation is obvious, we'll use the gender of the original word, e.g. "une backdoor" (porte dérobée).
- vmarsy 12y agoin France I think we choose the gender of the french word when possible, otherwise it seems to default to masculine? un job -> because of "un emploi, un boulot, un travail" une [surprise] party -> because of "une fête" un hashtag -> masculine because we don't see an "e" at the end??