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Usages of tousser
La nuit, elle tousse encore beaucoup et Paul l’entend tousser dans le couloir.
At night, she still coughs a lot and Paul hears her coughing in the hallway.
Dans la salle d’attente, presque complète, certains patients toussent, d’autres attendent en silence.
In the waiting room, which is almost full, some patients are coughing, others are waiting in silence.
J’ai mal à la poitrine quand je tousse trop fort, mais le médecin dit que ce n’est pas grave.
My chest hurts when I cough too hard, but the doctor says it is not serious.
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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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