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Usages of démarrer
Ton visage s’illumine quand le moteur démarre enfin.
Your face lights up when the engine finally starts.
Démarre la voiture avant de partir.
Start the car before leaving.
Elle remplit la machine à laver avec ses gants et des serviettes, puis elle démarre le programme.
She fills the washing machine with her gloves and some towels, then she starts the cycle.
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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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