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The position of adjectives in French

The positins are different :

1. Most of the descriptive adjectives follow the noun they describe:
     une cérémonie publique (a public ceremony)

2. Some descriptive nouns expressing beauty, age, goodness, and size come before the nouns they describe:


  • Beauty : beau (bel/belle) , joli (jolie)
  • Age : nouveau (nouvel/nouvelle) , vieux (vieil/vieille) , jeune 
  • Goodness : bon (bonne) , gentil (gentille), mauvais (mauvaise) , vilain (vilaine)
  • Size : g;mfrand (grande) , petit (petite) , court (courte) , long (longue) , gros (grosse) , large