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Usages of le pays
Marie découvre la culture d'un pays étranger en lisant des livres.
Marie is discovering the culture of a foreign country by reading books.
Dans un pays étranger, elle se sent parfois un peu seule.
In a foreign country, she sometimes feels a bit alone.
Ils vivent près de la frontière entre deux pays.
They live near the border between two countries.
Dans notre pays, les gens défendent la liberté de parler et de vivre comme ils veulent.
In our country, people defend the freedom to speak and to live as they want.
La justice est importante dans notre pays.
Justice is important in our country.
En français, ce mot se prononce différemment selon le pays.
In French, this word is pronounced differently depending on the country.
Dans ce pays, le chômage baisse au nord mais reste élevé au sud.
In this country, unemployment is going down in the north but remains high in the south.
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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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