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|l'élève | |l'élève | ||
|« <u>Les élèves</u> apprennent leur leçon. » | |« <u>Les élèves</u> apprennent leur leçon. » | ||
|''élève'', starting with a vowel, stays morphologically epicene when combined with the singular definite article (''la'' and ''le'' becoming ''l''' if followed by a vowel) | |''élève'', starting with a vowel, stays morphologically epicene when combined with the singular definite article (''la'' and ''le'' becoming shortened to ''l''' if followed by a vowel) | ||
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|un·e enfant | |un·e enfant | ||
|l'enfant | |l'enfant | ||
|« <u>L'enfant</u> regarde la télévision. » | |« <u>L'enfant</u> regarde la télévision. » | ||
| | |''id''. | ||
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|un·e artiste | |un·e artiste | ||