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Usages of le jean
Marie préfère les jeans bleu foncé, mais son frère aime les couleurs plus claires.
Marie prefers dark blue jeans, but her brother likes lighter colors.
Sa sœur préfère les jeans, mais elle lui prête parfois une jupe ou un chapeau.
Her sister prefers jeans, but she sometimes lends her a skirt or a hat.
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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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