Position of "ancien"

Adrian B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Position of "ancien"

For "these old objects" I tried "ces objets anciens" and was corrected to "ces anciens objets". Is ancien going before the noun here because there is some sense of former-ness (the objects aren't what they used to be), even though they are still objects?

Asked 1 year ago
CélineNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Bonjour Adrian,

You are correct that "objets anciens" is a correct alternative here. Thanks to you it has now bee added to the lists of alternative answers.

I hope this is helpful.

Bonne journée !

Position of "ancien"

For "these old objects" I tried "ces objets anciens" and was corrected to "ces anciens objets". Is ancien going before the noun here because there is some sense of former-ness (the objects aren't what they used to be), even though they are still objects?

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