"Mes amies" is feminine because "amies" is the feminine plural form of "ami," which means "friend" in French. The word "mes" is a possessive adjective that means "my" and is used for both masculine and feminine nouns in plural form. Therefore, "mes amies" refers to "my friends" specifically in the context of female friends.
mes lunettes (feminine and plural)
"Mes amis" My friends (plural masculine) "Mes amies" My friends (plural femenine)
"Mes amis" contains a pronoun already: "mes" is a possessive pronoun, meaning "my".
Mes amis... even one male in the group makes it masculine :)
You pronounce "mes amies" as "may zah-mee," with the emphasis on the second syllable of "amies."
"Mes cahiers" is masculine in French because "cahiers" is a masculine noun and the possessive adjective "mes" agrees with the gender of the noun it precedes.
- masculine : ami, amis ; - feminine : amie, amies. The pronounciation is the same (ah-mee) in every form.
'Mes amis français' if they're male or a mixed female/male group and 'Mes amies françaises' if they're female may be French equivalents of 'my French friends'.The plural possessive 'mes' means 'my'. The masculine plural 'amis' and the feminine plural 'amies' mean 'friends'. The masculine plural adjective 'français'and the feminine plural adjective 'françaises' mean 'French'.All together, they respectively are pronounced 'meh-zah-mee fraw-seh' and 'meh-zah-mee fraw-sehz'.
The plural of l'amie (friend, singular feminine) is les amies. (plural feminine). The French articles are le for masculine and la for feminine, but in front of a vowel it is l' .
"Mon", "ma", and "mes" all mean "my" in French.Ma = my + feminine noun > ma voiture : my car.Mon = my + masculine noun > mon vélo : my bicycle. It can also be used with a feminine noun which begins with a vowel sound (which would be hard to pronounce when associated with "ma", ex: mon amie.Mes = my (plural masc. or fem.) > mes amis, mes amies : my [male] friends, my [female] friends.
Avec mes amis / mes amies
"Beaux amis" in the masculine and "belles amies" in the feminine are French equivalents of the English phrase "beautiful friends."Specifically, the masculine plural adjective "beaux" and the feminine "belles" mean "beautiful, handsome." The masculine noun "amis" and the feminine "amies" mean "friends." The respective pronunciations are "boh-zah-mee" and "behl-zah-mee.".