Adjectives - Order!
Dec 5th 2013, 8:51 pm
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Re: Adjectives - Order!
... and what about French "epithètes" and "attributs", adjectives respectively before and after the noun?
It's the same in French Grammar, and all Primary children are capable of grammatical analysis by the time they go up to Secondary school. Which is why it's so difficult for English children in particular, over 11, to go straight to French Collège - not only in all the general subjects, but also they're quite likely to get bad marks in English because they don't understand the French grammatical terms.
It's the same in French Grammar, and all Primary children are capable of grammatical analysis by the time they go up to Secondary school. Which is why it's so difficult for English children in particular, over 11, to go straight to French Collège - not only in all the general subjects, but also they're quite likely to get bad marks in English because they don't understand the French grammatical terms.
La macchina rossa va molto veloce. (The red car goes very fast)
La : determinate article, singular, feminine.
Macchina: Noun, singular, feminine.
Rossa: Descriptive adjective, singular, feminine.
Va: Third person of verb Andare, singular
Molto: Adverb
Veloce: adverb. In other ways could also be an adjective.
Dec 6th 2013, 7:48 am
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Re: Adjectives - Order!
One essential grammatical rule which to this day I've never forgotten is:-
Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary!
Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary!
