French language Q&A Forum

I thought I understood this and that you have to base gender and number on the subject (first noun) as it was done here in the examples. So I would say, and have in fact been saying "Elle est plus grande que son frère" and "Il est plus grand que sa sœur".

Now I have a workbook that told me to write:

"Un village est plus petitE qu'une ville"---> Using the gender of ville, the second noun in the comparison, rather than the gender of village. That's wrong, right?

It also told me to write "Paris est plus grandE que Bordeaux". The only explanation for this I have is that they are "La ville de Paris/Bordeaux" here and hence feminine. Does that sound right?

I think it's time to recycle my workbook...

Hello!

I would like to know where we place a pronoun in the sentence using "faire + l'infinif."

1) Tu as fait changer tes rideaux ?

If I would anwer to this queation using  a pronon "les" for mes rideaux,  "Yes I had them changed,"  where would the pronoun be placed??

The same question... 

2) Je me suis fait faire les ongles.

Where do we place "les" the pronoun if we say, "You get them (your nails) done!"

Is there a certain rule that we need to know and follow??

Thank you very much!!

Umi

Hi, I’ve seen a couple of examples where there seems to be both an argument for the use of the Subjunctive (as the verb follows a “que”), and also an argument for the use of the Imparfait (due to the needs of the tense in the sentence).  In both of the examples below the Imparfait “wins”. What’s the right way to think about this situation? Is there really a “competition” here, and a rule for how to resolve it?

“Enfin, et je pense que ma femme serait d'accord.”

“Tu auras grossi pendant que tu vivais en Angleterre.”