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A small number of verbs allow an adjective or predicative noun (président, directeur, etc.) to follow the noun which is the direct object: | A small number of verbs allow an adjective or predicative noun (président, directeur, etc.) to follow the noun which is the direct object: | ||
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|French | |||
|Translation | |||
|- | |||
|boire qc frais | |||
|to drink sth chilled | |||
|- | |||
|considérer qc peu probable | |||
|to consider sth unlikely | |||
|- | |||
|croire qn heureux | |||
|to believe sb happy | |||
|- | |||
|élire qn président | |||
|to elect sb president | |||
|- | |||
|estimer qn inapte | |||
|to reckon sb unsuitable | |||
|- | |||
|juger qn maladroit | |||
|to judge sb clumsy | |||
|- | |||
|laisser qn tranquille | |||
|to leave sb alone | |||
|- | |||
|manger qc chaud | |||
|to eat sth hot | |||
|- | |||
|nommer qn directeur | |||
|to appoint sb director | |||
|- | |||
|rendre qn malade | |||
|to make sb ill | |||
|- | |||
|trouver qc difficile | |||
|to find sth difficult | |||
|} | |||
Note that “to make somebody happy, sad, etc.” or “to make something difficult, easy, etc” is the verb rendre, and NOT “faire: rendre qn heureux, rendre qn triste, rendre qc difficile, rendre qc facile”. | Note that “to make somebody happy, sad, etc.” or “to make something difficult, easy, etc” is the verb rendre, and NOT “faire: rendre qn heureux, rendre qn triste, rendre qc difficile, rendre qc facile”. | ||