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Usages of réfléchir
Nous marchons autour du lac pour réfléchir calmement.
We walk around the lake to think calmly.
Nous marchons dans le parc pour réfléchir ensemble.
We walk in the park to think together.
Bien qu’il semble calme, Paul ne peut pas s’arrêter de réfléchir.
Even though he seems calm, Paul cannot stop thinking.
Marie pense que chaque vote compte, et elle dit souvent : « Je veux y réfléchir avant d’y participer. »
Marie thinks that every vote counts, and she often says, “I want to think about it before taking part in it.”
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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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