the best movie of the year or even a pretty flower

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You see, these adjectives, they are either short or very common. And they are placed before the noun.

For example, we say: a good meal or

Small note: The adjectives beau, vieux and nouveau are replaced by bel, vieille and nouvel when they are in front of a word that begins with a vowel or a “silent h”.

For example, we don't say "un beau appartement" but "un bel appartement" because "appartement" begins with a vowel. We don't say "un vieux homme" but "un vieux homme" because "homme" begins with a "silent h". And we don't say "un nouveau artiste" but "un nouveau artiste" because "artiste" begins with a vowel.

The second case in which the adjective is placed before the noun is with numeral adjectives, what we call "cardinal" adjectives, which concern a number, or "ordinal" adjectives, which concern an order.

Cardinal adjectives, which concern poland whatsapp number data a number, are one, two, three, four etc. and ordinal adjectives, which concern an order, are first, second, third etc. And we place them before the noun. We would say "fifteen students" or "fifty euros", we would say "the first day" or "the twentieth century".

So I think you now have a clear idea of ​​the distinction when we place an adjective before the noun and after the noun.

As French is a somewhat complex language, you must have noticed it while studying it, there are cases in which the adjective, the same adjective, can be placed either before or after the noun. And in addition, depending on the position of the adjective, the sentence will have a different meaning.

For example, if you say "one man", it means that there is only one man, he is alone, there is one man, only one man. On the other hand, if you say "one man alone", it means a solitary man, there is the idea of ​​negative feeling, someone who feels alone.

If you hear a curious woman, you understand that we are talking about someone weird, it is a somewhat strange woman, whereas a curious woman is someone who wants to know absolutely everything.

But the cases in which the adjective can be placed either before or after the noun, and you get different meanings, are quite rare, they are exceptions.

Remember the general rule, that is to say that the adjective will be placed after the noun except when it is a short or frequent adjective or a numeral adjective, with a number or an order. If you remember this general rule, you will have understood and you will be correct in 95% of cases.

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