placement of prochaine

Cindy G.C1Kwiziq community member

placement of prochaine

why "la semaine prochaine" but "ta prochaine soirée costumée? (why not "ta soirée costumée prochaine"?)

Asked 9 hours ago
Maarten K.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributorCorrect answer

Cindy, 

see previous remarks from Cécile about the positioning of prochain/e when referring to an ‘ event ‘ ( la prochaine soirée costumée) rather than a ‘ duration/time period ‘ ( la semaine prochaine ) per se. 

https://french.kwiziq.com/questions/view/where-to-put-prochain-e

Other previous discussion worth looking at :

https://french.kwiziq.com/questions/view/where-to-put-prochain-e#:~:text=Kwiziq%20community%20member-,I%20don't%20understand%20why%20'

Cindy G. asked:

placement of prochaine

why "la semaine prochaine" but "ta prochaine soirée costumée? (why not "ta soirée costumée prochaine"?)

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