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Usages of le vernis
Marie choisit un vernis simple pour ses ongles, mais elle ne met presque jamais de parfum au travail.
Marie chooses a simple nail polish for her nails, but she almost never wears perfume at work.
Avant le dîner, elle remet un peu de vernis et range le sèche-cheveux dans le tiroir.
Before dinner, she puts on a little more nail polish and puts the hair dryer away in the drawer.
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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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