Usages of avoir du mal
Après tant de bruit, Marie a eu du mal à se calmer, mais elle a fini par s’endormir en écoutant la pluie.
After so much noise, Marie had trouble calming down, but she ended up falling asleep while listening to the rain.
Marie a du mal à suivre la conversation quand tout le monde parle trop vite.
Marie has trouble following the conversation when everyone speaks too fast.
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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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