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Differences in the use of numbers in French and English: Order of cardinal numbers and adjectives
In English, cardinal numbers follow adjectives:
- the last nine chapters
- the other four guests
- the first three winners
In French they precede adjectives:
- les neuf derniers chapitres
- les quatre autres invités
- les trois premiers gagnants
Consider exploring these related pages after completing this lesson: Possessive determiners, Omission of the article, Adverbs ending in —ément derived from adjectives ending in —e & How to use Have.
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Other Lessons[edit | edit source]
- Recognizing when an unstressed pronoun is a direct object
- Number differences between French and English nouns
- Compound adjectives involving demi—, nu— and mi—
- Invariable adjectives
- “être” and “avoir” with verbs used intransitively and transitively
- Agreement of the past participle following “être” with the subject of a passive
- Namesake
- Use of y
- Past Participle
- Conjugation group 3 — verbs with infinitives which end in —re
- Superlative forms of adjectives
- Feminine Form
- Talk about Prices
- Fused forms of the definite article
- Subject Verb Agreement — Agreement quantifiers numeral nouns