La prochaine semaine means "the following week" as in a series of weeks one after the other in an abstract sense
La semaine prochaine means "next week" in a concrete descriptive sense.
Why do we say à la semaine prochaine, but we say prochaine juin? Why does prochain come after “week” but before a certain month?
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Lucy L.Kwiziq community member
Why do we say à la semaine prochaine, but we say prochaine juin? Why does prochain come after “week” but before a certain month?
This question relates to:French lesson "Prochain/Dernier = Next/Last + [durations] in French"
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Lucy L. asked:
Why do we say à la semaine prochaine, but we say prochaine juin? Why does prochain come after “week” but before a certain month?
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