Other adjectives that go BEFORE nouns

If adjectives relate to a specific person, they often go before that person's name or designation. For example:

La pauvre Marie. -- Poor Marie.
Le compétent Docteur Quinn. -- The competent Dr. Quinn.

-- Chris (not a native speaker).

Oh, I just saw that this is explained pretty well in the lesson anyway. Did you have a question regarding that explanation?

-- Chris.

It is "une chambre double", also according to a native French speaker whom I asked about this specifically. -- Chris.

Talking to another French native she amended the previous response a bit:

"Une chambre double" is a fixed term, used when you order a double room in a hotel.

"Une double chambre" is a room subdivided into two units, somehow.

-- I hope this helps, -- Chris.

Thanks, another one of those 'exceptions' to remember!

Bonjour Paul, The link below is for the lesson regarding «ancien» use before and after the noun it modifies. https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/my-languages/french/view/119 Here is the take-away from the lesson: Before the noun, ancien means --> 'former' / 'ex-' / no longer After the noun it means --> 'ancient' / 'old' ***** Note that the adjective ancien in the sense of "ancient" is not really used for people. J'espère que ma réponse vous aiderait. Bonne chance et bonne continuation dans vos études en français, la langue de Molière et qui a été utilisé par le monde français depuis l’époque d’Hugues Capet

Merci Ron pour votre réponse. Paul.

Hi Nancy, "le premier homme" is fine, but "L'homme premier" is incorrect.

Hi Jacqueline - most adjectives go after the noun, so it's easiest to learn the exceptions and assume the rest go after. With weather, the obvious exception would be "un beau jour" (a fine/nice day).

However, you do need to be a little careful with weather expressions and descriptions as you often can't translate them word for word from the English. "A cold day" = "un jour froid" and "A cold and rainy day" = "un jour froid et pluvieux" but "a snowy day", would be "un jour de neige".

There will be many cases like that where a 'de' + noun is used instead of an adjective. "un jour de brouillard" (a foggy day).

If we are talking about the weather now, then we also have the "il y a" and "il fait" expressions:

https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/revision/grammar/talking-about-the-weather-expressions-with-il-y-a

https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/revision/grammar/talking-about-the-weather-expressions-with-il-fait

Notice that the "il fait" expressions use adjectives but the "il y a" expressions use preposition + noun.

Hope that helps.