"les puissants lobbies" ou "les lobbies puissants"A general question rather than a specific one, though this is an example. The lessons, as I understand them, teach that short, and some common adjectives go before the nouns, but otherwise (unless for particular stress) most adjectives go after the noun.
However, I have noticed that often these rules don't seem to apply. Puissant is neither short (in my mind one syllable), or common. However the text above places it before, but after is acceptable as well when the exercise is marked.
I have noticed this many times in doing the exercises. As a consequence, I am confused.
If the simple answer is that "short" means 2 syllables, I will be content.
Can you say 'd'après la célèbre comptine'?
A general question rather than a specific one, though this is an example. The lessons, as I understand them, teach that short, and some common adjectives go before the nouns, but otherwise (unless for particular stress) most adjectives go after the noun.
However, I have noticed that often these rules don't seem to apply. Puissant is neither short (in my mind one syllable), or common. However the text above places it before, but after is acceptable as well when the exercise is marked.
I have noticed this many times in doing the exercises. As a consequence, I am confused.
If the simple answer is that "short" means 2 syllables, I will be content.
I was also thrown by this sentence because at first sight it contains the phrase "bien entendu". I guess the "bien" is qualifying "j’ai entendu parler", but does it mean something more than just "J'avais entendu parler de ce nouveau poste" ?
It pulled me up (incorrectly) on my spelling of oignons with ognons.
and when do you use malgre lui
So "j'aime" means "I love" but J'aime bien" means "I like"? It would seem more, to me, that to "aime bien" would be more than just to like but is this just idiomatic?
Is this just one of those "that's just the way it is" things? "Qu'est-ce que c'est que cela ?" would be "Qu'est-ce que c'est qui est cela ?" to make grammatical sense. Wouldn't it?
Bonjour, j'ai un doute
Mon père travaille dans un bureau
Négation: Mon père ne travaille pas dans de bureau
La négation est correcte?
Merci en avance
I have a question about this sentence : "Cette initiative nous avait tellement séduits que nous avons fini par monter notre propre coopérative !"
Why it is conjugated "séduits" with "s" instead of "séduite" (cette initiative) ?
Thank you.
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