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Usages of la poussière
Je nettoie le clavier de mon ordinateur portable pour éviter la poussière.
I clean the keyboard of my laptop to avoid dust.
Il y a de la poussière sur la table.
There is dust on the table.
Nous avons enfin acheté un aspirateur parce que le sol était toujours plein de poussière.
We finally bought a vacuum cleaner because the floor was always full of dust.
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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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