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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).
noun phrase
a. la langue maternelle
(f) means that a noun is feminine. French nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la dame or la lune) or masculine (like l'homme or le soleil).
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I was born and raised in France, and my native language is French.Je suis née et j'ai grandi en France, et ma langue maternelle est le français.
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