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Usages of descendre
Ils descendent l'escalier pour aller au jardin.
They go down the stairs to go to the garden.
Je vais descendre rapidement l'escalier.
I am going to go down the stairs quickly.
Une voisine descend l'escalier de secours sans paniquer.
A neighbor goes down the emergency staircase without panicking.
Je descends l’escalier doucement parce que ma cheville me fait mal.
I go down the stairs slowly because my ankle hurts.
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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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