c/cat · by Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1yIf you want to be all French about it, Emily is currently une chat endormie 245 points · 12 comments · view on lemmy.world
12 Comments
arboc66@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 1y
Une chatte endormie. Female cat is a "chatte", and yes, it has the same alternative use as "pussy".
matelt@feddit.uk · 7 pts · 1y
Bonne sieste mon chaton!
Noodle07@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Piti chat ! :3
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Mais oui!
veniasilente@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 1y
Le miau, le purr
Adderbox76@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y
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...
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 1y
Good point, fixed.
As a reward for being so helpful, here's a funny exchange I saw while looking for confirmation:
AstralPath@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 1y
"Un chat" is correct.
Masc. = un chat. Fem. = une chatte.
cazssiew@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
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.
Martj9@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 1y
Très jolie! Doux rêves ma chérie!
supercriticalcheese@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Evidentement oui!
glinncor@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
She is a beautiful lady