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Dec 01, 2010 - 09:20 AM
Literally: Un/Une are the masculine and feminine of A/An/One, and Autre is Other (that's where the explanation was bad, it said it was Another...), so:
Un autre literally is "One other", or rather Another - and
Une autre is Another (feminine)
So you'd say:
Un autre plat - Another dish (masculine)
Une autre table - Another table (feminine)
I think your confusion comes from the fact that Another thing (or Something else) is a little special, it's an exception because usually we say Autre chose without the article "Une" before.
It's the only case in which this happens so don't worry--in all other cases that structure works.
Un autre literally is "One other", or rather Another - and
Une autre is Another (feminine)
So you'd say:
Un autre plat - Another dish (masculine)
Une autre table - Another table (feminine)
I think your confusion comes from the fact that Another thing (or Something else) is a little special, it's an exception because usually we say Autre chose without the article "Une" before.
It's the only case in which this happens so don't worry--in all other cases that structure works.