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Usages of suffire
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.
Une petite pause suffit pour calmer Marie.
A short break is enough to calm Marie.
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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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