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Usages of le carburant
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.
Paul pense que nous devrions utiliser moins de carburant et marcher autant que possible.
Paul thinks that we should use less fuel and walk as much as possible.
Cette voiture consomme beaucoup de carburant.
This car uses a lot of fuel.
La consommation de carburant réduit notre budget.
Fuel consumption reduces our budget.
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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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