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Usages of la frontière
Ils vivent près de la frontière entre deux pays.
They live near the border between two countries.
Passer la frontière la nuit peut être dangereux, alors nous prenons le train le matin.
Crossing the border at night can be dangerous, so we take the train in the 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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