Sister – la soeur

(Pronounced sir)

To remember that Sister is pronounced sir (soeur) in French, use the following mnemonic:

My sister dressed up as a man – people called her sir (soeur).

Of course, soeur is feminine, so it’s la soeur. It’s so obvious that soeur is feminine that we don’t need our Labrador to remind you!

Examples of soeur (sister) in a sentence

Voici ma sœur.

(Here is my sister.)

Je vais manger avec ma sœur ce soir.

(I am going to eat with my sister tonight.)

Combien de frères et sœurs as-tu?

(How many brothers and sisters do you have?)