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In this lesson, the placement of "bientot" is different. Is this interchangeable? Nous aurons bientôt une nouvelle voiture. Ils auront 20 ans bientôt.

Jaap S.B2Kwiziq community member

In this lesson, the placement of "bientot" is different. Is this interchangeable? Nous aurons bientôt une nouvelle voiture. Ils auront 20 ans bientôt.

This question relates to:French lesson "Conjugate avoir in the future tense in French (Le Futur Simple)"
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CécileNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Well spotted Jaap!

Indeed adverbs of time and place can be placed before or after the verb.

Hopes this helps

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Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Hi Jaap,

you have a bit of liberty sometimes where to put adverbs in a sentence. Here is some more information about that:

https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/adverbs/

-- Chris (not a native speaker).

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Jaap S.B2Kwiziq community member
Useful link; thanks Chris!
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In this lesson, the placement of "bientot" is different. Is this interchangeable? Nous aurons bientôt une nouvelle voiture. Ils auront 20 ans bientôt.

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