Term 1 week 1

Cognates and genders

English French

A skirt Une jupe

A guitar Une guitare
A syrup Un sirop
A racquet Une raquette
A killer Un assassin
A mattress Un matelas
A shirt Une chemise
An aubergine Une aubergine
Ginseng Le gingembre
A coffee Un caf
chance Le hasard
A sugar Un sucre
spinach Des pinards
A candle Une bougie
To massage masser
A border Une douane
A Carat ( gold) Un Carat ( or)
A number Un chiffre
A shop Un magasin
A giraffe Une girafe
A fee Un tarif
A Chemistry Une chimie
Tar Le goudron
What is a cognate?

A cognate is a word that looks the same or similar in English/Arabic and in French, as well as other
languages. It also has the same meaning.

For example:

Le rugby = rugby

Un hamster = a hamster

Bleu = blue

Sirop = Sharab

Guitare = quitara
Articles : une / la are feminine, therefore any nouns with these articles will be feminine
Articles : un / le are masculine, therefore any nouns with these articles will be masculine