Breakdown of Pendant que nous étions en train de ranger les outils, Paul a demandé si nous avions encore besoin de la pelle et du râteau.
Paul
Paul
et
and
nous
we
de
of
demander
to ask
avoir besoin
to have need
pendant que
while
encore
still
ranger
to put away
du
of the
être en train de
to be in the process of
si
whether
l'outil
the tool
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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