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How about the expression, "faire des achats"?
Note that when "grand(e)" is used to describe people, different rules apply:
– un grand homme = a great man
– un homme grand = a tall man
– https://www.linguee.com/french-english/translation/grand+homme.html
– https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/french-english/un-grand-homme
I haven't yet found this distinction set out on Kwiziq, but on lawlessfrench.com we can compare the different treatment as between things and people on these two pages:
– https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/adjectives/
– https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/movable-adjectives/
À ma connaissance, le mot juste est une calque sur français du mot « just » en anglais. « Just » est un adverbe en anglais, mais je le crois un adjectif en français. Par exemple: « ce que tu dis est juste » en français, mais on ne dit pas « je suis juste arrivé ». One dirait « je viens d’arriver » pour éviter le calque erroné , mais je pense que « juste au cas où » est INCORRECT.
Pourrait-on clarifier ce point de grammaire pour moi? Merci beaucoup
Dr Michael Elinski
Hi, this is more a "is this something people use?"/"What does it mean to the person you say it to" question, not a grammar problem.
The example "La grossesse va bien à ta femme" comes off as eyebrow-raising-rude to my English speaking brain (maybe it's a regional difference? I'm American and from the southeast). Is this something people would actually say/use or would it get you side-eyed around the world? I feel like my brain must be taking it too literally.
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