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Where to place the year in a product's name?
Which one of the following phrases is correct translation of the "2013 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter"?
2013 Sprinter de Mercedes-Benz, or
Sprinter 2013 de Mercedes-Benz
And if you could give an example ...
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Negative past conditional pronominal interrogative inversion?
I'm having a little trouble finding resources on word order here.
For instance, turn this into an inverted question:
Il n'aurait pas se réveillé.
In fact I don't even think I have the ...
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Quand doit-on placer les adjectifs de taille devant des noms ? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Quand peut-on mettre un adjectif avant ou après un nom?
J'ai lu qu'on peut se reporter à l'acronyme « BAGS » lorsqu'on tente de placer un adjectif. Si l'adjectif ...
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Negative expressions in passé composé
How are negative expressions (ne pas, ne aucun(e), ne que, ne jamais, ne plus) formed in the passé composé and is there a way to predict whether it forms around or after the auxilary?
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What word order is that?
I thought that french language's word order was SVO and SOV(when object is pronoun)
But what's with this sentence (from here):
Bouclier que portaient autrefois les chevaliers.
Subject is at the ...
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Word order with “prochaine”: before or after noun rules?
Why is it that when I want to say “The next week”, it's:
La semaine prochaine
But when I want to say “The next meeting”, it's:
La prochaine réunion
Is there a specific set of rules for the ...
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vote
1answer
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The difference between “un petit garçon” and “un garçon petit” [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Quand peut-on mettre un adjectif avant ou après un nom?
I was wondering what is the difference between “un petit garçon” and “un garçon petit”.
un = one
petit = ...
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The order of direct and indirect object pronouns
If we have both of them in a sentence, what's the order of them generally?
For example:
Tu leur donnes des billets gratuits ?
— Oui, je leur les donne.
ou
— Oui, je les leur donne.
...
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« Son imbécile de mari » : comment s'appelle cette tournure de phrase ?
Les expressions du style :
Son imbécile de frère
Son président de mari
ont-elles un nom ?
Et quelle est la fonction de chaque mot ?
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4answers
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About “unusual” word order?
Most French sentences have the normal word order, subject, object, verb: Je te vois.
But sentences with a few verbs have an unusual word order. E.g. "Tu me manques," in which the "object" is first, ...
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Quand peut-on mettre un adjectif avant ou après un nom ? — When do adjectives go before or after a noun?
Quelles sont les règles quant au placement des adjectifs avant ou après les noms ?
Exemples :
Un bel animal (avec en prime le changement beau → bel… règle ?)
Une belle maison
Une verte prairie — ...
