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Usages of l'école
Ce matin, tout est moins bruyant parce que les enfants sont partis à l’école.
This morning, everything is less noisy because the children have left for school.
Marie va à l'école.
Marie goes to school.
Marie arrive à l'école à l'heure.
Marie arrives at school on time.
Paul passe par l'école pour aller en ville.
Paul passes by the school to go to the city.
Après l’enseignement secondaire, beaucoup d’étudiants vont à l’université ou en école professionnelle.
After secondary education, many students go to the university or to a vocational school.
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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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