Learn French: Parce que je suis malade.

In French, parce que translates to "because", but it literally means something like "by that which". You will see que (that/which) used in a lot of French connecting phrases! Just treat parce que as a single combined unit meaning "because".

Can you start a sentence with Parce que like this?

Yes! Just like in English, if someone asks you a "why" question (pourquoi), it is perfectly normal to answer a question starting directly with Parce que (Because).

If a woman is saying this sentence, does she need to add an extra 'e' to malade?

No, the spelling stays exactly the same. The adjective malade already ends in an 'e' in its standard masculine form, so you don't add another one for the feminine form. Both men and women write and say je suis malade the exact same way.

What if the sentence was "Because he is sick"? Would parce que change?

Yes, it would! Here we have parce que je, which is fine because je starts with a consonant. But if the word after que starts with a vowel, like il (he) or elle (she), the que drops its 'e' and combines with the next word using an apostrophe: parce qu'il est malade.