Usages of devoir
Dans une bonne société, chaque genre devrait recevoir le même salaire pour le même emploi.
In a good society, every gender should receive the same salary for the same job.
Paul pense que nous devrions utiliser moins de carburant et marcher autant que possible.
Paul thinks that we should use less fuel and walk as much as possible.
J’aurais dû mettre une virgule dans mon message à la professeure.
I should have put a comma in my message to the teacher.
J’aurais dû ouvrir le dictionnaire plus tôt, mais j’ai voulu deviner le sens toute seule.
I should have opened the dictionary earlier, but I wanted to guess the meaning by myself.
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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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