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Usages of mal
Sans mes lunettes, je lis mal ce que tu as imprimé.
Without my glasses, I read poorly what you printed.
Le programme fonctionne mal ce matin.
The program is working poorly this morning.
L'application fonctionne mal ce matin.
The app is working poorly this morning.
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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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