Usages of la passoire
Quand l’eau bout, j’enlève le couvercle et je verse les pâtes dans la passoire.
When the water boils, I remove the lid and pour the pasta into the colander.
La louche est à côté de la passoire, juste derrière le mixeur.
The ladle is next to the colander, just behind the blender.
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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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