Usages of avoir du mal à
Nous avons eu du mal à dormir pendant la tempête, parce que le tonnerre était très fort.
We had trouble sleeping during the storm because the thunder was very loud.
J’ai du mal à me concentrer quand le bruit de la rue est trop fort.
I have trouble concentrating when the noise from the street is too loud.
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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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