Please explain why this is not correct.
Ron
Kwiziq community member
27/04/17
Bonjour William,
The word gros is the adjective, not a noun and either the elephant is being compared to a truck or the truck compared to the elephant, the exact context of comparison is unknown. Both nouns, the elephant and the truck are masculine. So the proper phrase would be:
- un éléphant gros comme un camion or
- un camion gros comme un éléphant
The lesson part is #4:
4. Adjectives followed by a complement (à, de, pour, comme...)
un exercice facile à faire
an easy-to-do exercise
une fille jolie comme un cœur
a pretty girl (lit. a girl pretty like a heart)
une barrière haute de deux mètres
a 2-metre-high fence
une casserole bonne pour la poubelle
a saucepan fit for the bin
J'espère que ceci au-dessus vous aide.
The word gros is the adjective, not a noun and either the elephant is being compared to a truck or the truck compared to the elephant, the exact context of comparison is unknown. Both nouns, the elephant and the truck are masculine. So the proper phrase would be:
- un éléphant gros comme un camion or
- un camion gros comme un éléphant
The lesson part is #4:
4. Adjectives followed by a complement (à, de, pour, comme...)
un exercice facile à faire
an easy-to-do exercise
une fille jolie comme un cœur
a pretty girl (lit. a girl pretty like a heart)
une barrière haute de deux mètres
a 2-metre-high fence
une casserole bonne pour la poubelle
a saucepan fit for the bin
J'espère que ceci au-dessus vous aide.
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William
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25 April 2017
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Please explain why this is not correct.
un gros comme un camion éléphant
This relates to:
Adjectives usually go AFTER nouns (adjective position) -