Usages of la couturière
L’opticien sourit quand la couturière entre avec une vieille paire de lunettes.
The optician smiles when the seamstress comes in with an old pair of glasses.
La couturière répare la manche de ma veste.
The seamstress repairs the sleeve of my jacket.
Ma tante connaît une couturière qui travaille très bien, et l’architecte lui demande de réparer un rideau.
My aunt knows a seamstress who works very well, and the architect asks her to repair a curtain.
Le fleuriste connaît bien la couturière, et tous les deux prennent parfois un café avec la secrétaire.
The florist knows the seamstress well, and both of them sometimes have coffee with the secretary.
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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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