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Usages of la tomate
Je cuisine des pâtes avec des tomates.
I cook pasta with tomatoes.
Ce soir, nous mangeons une salade de tomates.
Tonight, we are eating a tomato salad.
J'aime la salade verte, mais Marie choisit souvent des tomates jaunes.
I like green salad, but Marie often chooses yellow tomatoes.
Je veux retourner au rayon des légumes frais, car j’ai oublié les tomates.
I want to go back to the fresh vegetables section, because I forgot the tomatoes.
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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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