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Use the preposition 'à la' to indicate going to or being at the bakery.

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Feminine noun ending in -ie.

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Often has a green cross sign outside in France.

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'La poste' refers to the post office building or service.

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Use 'à la' for feminine nouns denoting places.

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Use 'chez' instead of 'à' when going to a person's professional establishment.

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Contains a grave accent on the second 'e'.

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Also known as 'l'hôtel de ville' in larger cities.

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Takes masculine article 'le'.

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Can be masculine or feminine depending on the person, but the shop uses 'le/la fleuriste'.

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Borrowed from English, but refers specifically to the dry cleaning shop.

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Hyphenated compound noun. Only 'station' is pluralized in the plural form.

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Often sells stamps, magazines, and transit tickets in France.

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Used for vehicle maintenance and repairs.

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Starts with a mute h, hence 'l''. Irregular plural: 'hôpitaux'.

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Spelled with double 'm' and double 's'.

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Refers to outdoor street markets common in French towns.

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Often part of compound nouns like 'centre commercial' (mall).

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Plural ends in -x ('bureaux').

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Feminine noun; 'municipale' agrees in gender.

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Masculine profession title.

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Masculine profession title.

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Invariable in the plural ('les colis').

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Regular -er verb. Used for money or packages.

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Stem-changing verb in present tense (j'envoie, nous envoyons).