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[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Une chatte endormie. Female cat is a "chatte", and yes, it has the same alternative use as "pussy".

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Bonne sieste mon chaton!

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Piti chat ! :3

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago
[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Le miau, le purr

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Would it not be "une chat"?

I thought French indefinite articles were gendered, like other romance languages like Portuguese and Spanish.

But it's been roughly 35 years since I dropped highschool french...

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Good point, fixed.

As a reward for being so helpful, here's a funny exchange I saw while looking for confirmation:

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

"Un chat" is correct.

Masc. = un chat. Fem. = une chatte.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah, this is the correct take. Objects or inanimate things have arbitrary gender, but sexed animals can obviously be feminine or masculine.

Edit: Oooooh, its name is Emily. Misunderstood what the confusion was about. 'Une chatte' then.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Très jolie! Doux rêves ma chérie!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Evidentement oui!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

She is a beautiful lady

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