Rules for the Gender of French Nouns Why Your Arm Is Masculine but Your Leg Is Feminine, and Other Mysteries of the French Language

Do you wonder why an arm is masculine while a leg is feminine? And why should a person or victim always be feminine, even if the person or the victim referred to happens to be a man? And isn't it odd that masculiniti is feminine? The illogic of French gender can be puzzling and frustrating to the new student of French.Rosenthal, Saul H. is the author of 'Rules for the Gender of French Nouns Why Your Arm Is Masculine but Your Leg Is Feminine, and Other Mysteries of the French Language', published 2003 under ISBN 9781587362576 and ISBN 1587362570.