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Usages of l'original
Je garde une copie du contrat, mais l’original reste dans le dossier bleu.
I keep a copy of the contract, but the original stays in the blue file.
La copie du justificatif est acceptée aujourd’hui, mais demain il faudra montrer l’original.
The copy of the supporting document is accepted today, but tomorrow the original will have to be shown.
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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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