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Usages of la grand-mère
Ma grand-mère est dans le jardin.
My grandmother is in the garden.
Ma grand-mère et mon grand-père chantent ensemble.
My grandmother and my grandfather sing together.
Sa grand-mère est fière quand elle lit leurs lettres sans presque aucune faute d’orthographe.
Her grandmother is proud when she reads their letters with almost no spelling mistakes.
Ma grand-mère a encore une très bonne mémoire pour les chansons de son enfance.
My grandmother still has a very good memory for the songs of her childhood.
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Every French noun is either masculine or feminine, and this affects the articles and adjectives used with it. "Le" is used with masculine nouns and "la" with feminine ones. Adjectives also change form to match — for example, "petit" (masc.) becomes "petite" (fem.).
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