🇫🇷 Frans

mers

Mers is vrouwelijk in Frans. The article is les, so the full form is les mers ("seas").

VROUWELIJK

mers is het meervoud van mer

les mers — seas

PROBEER HET

mers
/le mɛʁ/
← mannelijk vrouwelijk →

Hoe zeg je mers in het Frans?

IPA
/le mɛʁ/

How do you pronounce mers in Frans?

mers is pronounced /le mɛʁ/ in Frans.

Voorbeeldzinnen

La mer est calme aujourd'hui, mais elle devient dangereuse quand elle est agitée.

The sea is calm today, but it becomes dangerous when it is rough. (Feminine agreement: 'la' article, 'calme' adjective, 'elle' pronoun, 'agitée' adjective all feminine)

Cette belle mer méditerranéenne attire de nombreux touristes chaque année.

This beautiful Mediterranean sea attracts many tourists every year. (Feminine agreement: 'Cette' feminine demonstrative, 'belle' feminine adjective, 'méditerranéenne' feminine adjective)

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Waarom is het vrouwelijk?

Mers (sea) is feminine in French. It derives from Latin "mare," which was neuter in classical Latin. During the evolution from Latin to Old French, the neuter gender was lost. Latin neuter nouns ending in "-e" (like mare) typically developed an -e ending in Old French phonetics, which became associated with feminine gender in French. This phonetic change, combined with the natural sound of the word in Old French, contributed to "mer" becoming feminine. However, this is not a reliable rule, as many Latin neuter nouns became masculine in French instead.

Wat is seas in het Frans?

In het Frans is seas les mers — feminine.

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