Usages of la poire
Pour le dessert, nous prenons une poire et quelques cerises pendant que le café chauffe.
For dessert, we have a pear and a few cherries while the coffee heats up.
Ce melon est plus sucré que la poire que j’ai mangée hier.
This melon is sweeter than the pear I ate yesterday.
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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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