[ repartee (n.) : ] 1640s, "quick remark," from French repartie "an answering blow or thrust" (originally a fencing term), noun use of fem. past participle of Old French repartir [See Wiktionary] "to reply promptly, start out again," from re- "back" (see re-) + partir "to part, depart, ...

I am interested in what knowledge we have regarding the process by which a young child acquiring French as a first language learns to choose correctly between the masculine and feminine forms of adjectives when describing themselves? If, for instance, a young girl grows up in a French-speaking h...