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Usages of la somme
Les statistiques montrent qu’une petite somme d’argent suffit souvent pour changer l’humeur de quelqu’un.
The statistics show that a small amount of money often suffices to change someone’s mood.
La somme sur la facture est trop élevée.
The amount on the bill is too high.
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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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