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expletive pronoun
A noun phrase is a group of words that acts like a noun in a sentence or phrase (e.g., un je ne sais quoi).
a. le pronom explétif (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. French nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la dame or la lune) or masculine (like l'homme or le soleil).
The English word "it" functions as an expletive pronoun in "It's raining."Le mot anglais « it » fonctionne comme un pronom explétif dans « It's raining. »
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