"Le" or "la"? Even the French can't decide {Gadling}

Jul 24th 2008 9:04AM FALSE!

Well, some of it anyway.
It's true that we don't have a particular system that can be applied again and again; however saying that the French can't decide isn't just false, it's offensive!

The study conducted must've been incredibly tricky far off cases or words that are not generally referred to as objects or even words that have multiple uses which can be both masculine and feminine!

As a native Frenchman, I can assure you all that anyone who would use 'le' in the place of 'la' or vice versa would get strange looks and a grammar lesson.

It's something that's acquired by hearing it used and practice. That's why we 'feel' it. It comes naturally after some time, just like learning any language, once you're fluent, you don't think about how you say something, it just comes.

Best way to learn? Get in amongst it, make an effort, make mistakes and learn from them.