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Usages of le crayon
Chaque élève a une trousse avec un stylo, un crayon et une gomme.
Each student has a pencil case with a pen, a pencil, and an eraser.
Je cherche ma trousse, car j’ai besoin d’un crayon et d’une gomme pour écrire.
I am looking for my pencil case, because I need a pencil and an eraser to write.
Mon petit frère efface un mot avec sa gomme, puis le réécrit avec un crayon plus foncé.
My little brother erases a word with his eraser, then rewrites it with a darker pencil.
Quand Marie oublie sa trousse, Paul lui prête un crayon.
When Marie forgets her pencil case, Paul lends her a pencil.
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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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