why are ses dons jardinière used rather than dons jardiniers in the weekend writing challenge. We are speaking of a woman. But it is not dons de
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Aurélie
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20/07/18
Bonjour Ann!
Actually in the French sentence jardinière is not an adjective, but a noun used as a complement: literally "gifts of gardener / gardener's gifts", hence the agreement with the gifted person :)
Bonne journée !
Ann
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20/07/18
J'ai soupçonné ça...merci
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Ann
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17 July 2018
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why are ses dons jardinière used rather than dons jardiniers in the weekend writing challenge. We are speaking of a woman. But it is not dons de
jardinière, so the adjective is modifying masculine dons
This relates to:
Adjectives ending in -er become -ère in the feminine -