un étrange personnage

Hi Observablebear,

It is because the word 'personnage' is masculine and the word 'personne' is feminine.

Both can be applied to talk about men and women.

Hope this helps!

Cécile - feel free to remove this as unsure how else to raise the suggestion,  but I think the question may be as much or more on positioning of the adjective étrange ?

Thanks, Maarten, I am still unsure whether Observablebear is questioning the placing of 'étrange' before or after the noun but if this is the case we also accept in that particular text -

un personnage étrange 

as we would accept talking about 'une personne'

une étrange personne

Hope this helps!

Hi Shashank,

Yes, you could use 'curieux' , placed before the noun, to say -

Merci de votre contribution !