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3.2 Formation of feminine and masculine forms - 3

Some of the nouns have totally different forms.

Examples
	le roi	la reine
	the king	the queen
	un époux	une épouse
	a husband	a wife
	le héros	la heroïne
	the hero	the heroin
	le veuf	la veuve
	widow	widower
	le fou	la folle
	the crazy man	the crazy woman

And then there are cases, where nothing, no article, no suffix or anything else indicates that the form in question is feminine. There is no feminine form of assassin (murderer), témoin (witness) and médecin (doctor).

Examples
un assassin			a murderer
	Tout	le monde	croyait	qu'	elle	était	un	assassin.
	All		thought	that	she	was	a	murderer.
un témoin			a witness
	Elle	est	un	témoin.
	She	is	a	witness.
un médecin			a doctor
	Elle	est	un	médecin
	She	is	a	doctor.

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