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Usages of pourtant
Il vient d’acheter de la peinture rouge, pourtant il hésite encore à tout repeindre.
He has just bought some red paint, yet he is still hesitating to repaint everything.
Il pleut, pourtant nous prenons le bus.
It is raining, yet we take the bus.
Déplacer les tables semble être un objectif simple, pourtant il faut rester prudent pour éviter les accidents.
Moving the tables seems to be a simple objective, yet one must be careful to avoid accidents.
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“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.).
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