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Usages of le bouchon
Les piétons marchent sur le trottoir pendant que les voitures restent bloquées dans un bouchon.
Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk while the cars stay stuck in a traffic jam.
Ce bouchon est moins long que celui d’hier, mais les voitures y consomment autant de carburant.
This traffic jam is shorter than yesterday’s, but the cars use just as much fuel there.
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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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