"un cadeau surprise." Why not "un cadeau surpris?"
Femine adjective??
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Drew B.Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Femine adjective??
This question relates to:French dictation exercise "A present can hide another one"
Asked 4 years ago
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Hi Drew,
The word ‘surprise’ is a noun and not an adjective so surprise is correct as it means a surprise gift as in English
Hope this helps!
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Brian E.Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Interesting. So is this a compound noun? I suppose if the adjective “surpris” were used then we’d have a “surprised present” (a present experiencing the feeling of surprise - perhaps in a child’s story in which the present is alive).
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