Usages of en
Celle-ci est en coton, mais celle-là est en laine.
This one is made of cotton, but that one is made of wool.
Hier, j’ai acheté un bonnet en coton parce que mon vieux bonnet en laine était trop chaud.
Yesterday, I bought a cotton hat because my old wool hat was too warm.
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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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