Breakdown of À la marée basse, les enfants ramassent des coquillages près des dunes.
près de
near
des
some
à
at
l'enfant
the child
bas
low
le coquillage
the seashell
la marée
the tide
la dune
the dune
ramasser
to collect
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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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