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Usages of le couteau
Je coupe le pain avec un couteau avant de le poser sur mon assiette.
I cut the bread with a knife before putting it on my plate.
Regarde, cette assiette est rayée parce que le couteau était trop affûté.
Look, this plate is scratched because the knife was too sharp.
Le couteau est affûté.
The knife is sharp.
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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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