Breakdown of Dans le jardin, ma mère prend une pelle pendant que mon père cherche le râteau.
mon
my
ma
my
dans
in
le jardin
the garden
prendre
to take
pendant que
while
chercher
to look for
la mère
the mother
le père
the father
la pelle
the shovel
le râteau
the rake
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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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