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Usages of la blague
Le professeur commence souvent par une blague pour deviner si nous sommes fatigués.
The teacher often starts with a joke to guess whether we are tired.
Je trouve ses blagues un peu fatigantes quand la journée a déjà été longue.
I find his jokes a bit tiring when the day has already been long.
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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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