With the summer holidays about to arrive, your ds might be interested to know that even COUNTRIES in French are either masculine or feminine!
You know if a country is feminine because it will end with an 'e'.
'THE' in French = 'LE' if it is masculine,
'LA' if it is feminine,
'LES' if it is plural.
When you learn a new noun, always find out if it is masculine or feminine. Then if you want to describe it you need to make sure the describing words are masculine or feminine too.
E.g. beautiful (which is an adjective) = beau (masculine)
= belle (feminine) ...
France is beautiful = La France(f) est BELLE!
Canada is beautiful = Le Canada(m) est BEAU!
Remember: A country is feminine if it ends with an 'e'.
(Except for Mexico and Mozambique which are masculine even though they end with an 'e' in French: le Mexique, le Mozambique)
As well as the adjective which describes the noun, sometimes other words change too according to whether the noun is masculine or feminine.
'TO' is a preposition. In the case of COUNTRIES, if you say you are going TO a country, you say:
'EN' if the country is feminine:
I go TO France = Je vais EN France(f)
and:
'AU' if the country is masculine:
I go TO Canada = Je vais AU Canada(m)
or 'AUX' if the country is plural:
I go TO the United States = Je vais AUX États Unis
Maybe this is too much in which case please don't struggle with it - I am not your son's teacher.
I hope your ds doesn't get too fed up. Mistakes can be so demoralising, but they are completely normal.
I am trying to make learning a language more accessible to younger students so I am a content partner on TES and I have a blog on Mumsnet offering listening practice in French and Spanish. It is a work in progress but you might find this resource about colours useful although it is not my most interesting resource!
French colours
or
Adjectives describing different 'characters'