Generators of free groups

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Ive been reading an introduction on free groups and have come across some difficulty

if i have the free group $\mathbb{Z*Z}$ , then what would the generators of this group be?

i am confused as examples i have seen of free group generators tend to be finite where as $\mathbb{Z}$ is infinite.

any help on this would be great

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Hint: This group is presented as $\langle g_1,g_2\ |\qquad\rangle$, i.e. a group in two generators, $g_1,g_2$ and with no relations between them.