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Usages of ne … pas
Marie n'est pas malade aujourd'hui.
Marie is not sick today.
Le chat ne mange pas de légumes.
The cat does not eat vegetables.
Je risque de perdre mon téléphone si je ne le mets pas dans mon sac.
I risk losing my phone if I don’t put it in my bag.
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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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