Usages of dans
Je veux rencontrer ma nouvelle voisine pour l’accueillir dans le quartier.
(I want to meet my new neighbor to welcome her into the neighborhood.)
Je verse la soupe dans un bol, puis je la mange avec une cuillère.
I pour the soup into a bowl, then I eat it with a spoon.
Quand l’eau bout, j’enlève le couvercle et je verse les pâtes dans la passoire.
When the water boils, I remove the lid and pour the pasta into the colander.
Près du marché, une mère attache son enfant dans le siège auto avant de monter en voiture.
Near the market, a mother straps her child into the car seat before getting into the car.
Quand il fait froid, le chiot rentre vite dans sa niche et n’aboie plus.
When it is cold, the puppy quickly goes back into its doghouse and stops barking.
Paul bat encore le mélange au fouet, puis il le verse dans le moule.
Paul beats the mixture again with the whisk, then he pours it into the pan.
AI Language TutorTry it ↗
“How does grammatical gender work in French?”
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.).
Sign up free — start using our AI language tutor
Start learning FrenchMaster French — from dans to fluency
All course content and exercises are completely free — no paywalls, no trial periods, no signup needed.
- ✓Infinitely deep — unlimited vocabulary and grammar
- ✓Fast-paced — build complex sentences from the start
- ✓Unforgettable — efficient spaced repetition system
- ✓ AI tutor to answer your grammar questions