My new school bag

Hà ThuA2Kwiziq community member

My new school bag

I have a question. In a writing execrise, it requires translate the sentence: My new school bag is blue and yellow. I understand it's a new brand school bag that hasn't be used before, so I wrote: Mon cartable neuf est bleu et jaune. But it marks wrong and the correct one is: Mon nouveau cartable est ...

Why is that and is my sentence correct? 

Asked 3 years ago
CécileKwiziq team memberCorrect answer

Hi Hà Thu,

What you have actually said is -

My brand new school bag is blue and yellow

Hope this helps!

CécileKwiziq team memberCorrect answer

Hi Mike, 

It's because the exercise was asking for new and not brand new so it should have been -

Mon nouveau cartable est bleu et jaune.

MikeB2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

No, that doesn't help at all.  That's exactly what he said and it was marked wrong.

CécileKwiziq team member

Hi Mike, 

If this is in a Kwiz, you need to repost using the Report It button on your correction board, you might have been marked wrong for another reason.

My new school bag

I have a question. In a writing execrise, it requires translate the sentence: My new school bag is blue and yellow. I understand it's a new brand school bag that hasn't be used before, so I wrote: Mon cartable neuf est bleu et jaune. But it marks wrong and the correct one is: Mon nouveau cartable est ...

Why is that and is my sentence correct? 

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