Adjectives in the right place

Margaret F.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Adjectives in the right place

I could not understand the phrase "un bon pour les cheveux shampooing" so could not put words in right order.

This question relates to:French lesson "Most French nouns take an -s in the plural unless they already end in -s, -x, -z"

Asked 3 years ago

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CélineNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Bonjour Margaret,

Please follow the link below, which will take you to a previous question, and read Cécile's answers: un-bon-pour-les-cheveux-shampooing

I hope this is helpful.

Bonne journée !

Like23 years ago

Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Un bon shampooing pour les cheveux. "le shampooing" is a noun in French for shampoo. wordreference/Larousse bilingual or other bilingual dictionaries are very useful:

https://www.wordreference.com/fren/shampooing

Like03 years ago

Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Un bon pour les cheveux shampooing — a good-for-the-hair shampoo

Sometimes French strings together several words to make a kind of compound adjective.

Like23 years ago

Margaret F. asked:

Adjectives in the right place

I could not understand the phrase "un bon pour les cheveux shampooing" so could not put words in right order.

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