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le grand chien & le manteau noir I'm learning some adjectives in French now and I've seen these two: le grand chien le manteau noir I thought both 'grand' and 'noir' are adjectives but the word order is a bit different...'grand' comes before the noun and noir comes after. Are there any reasons why??? Thank you for your help :)

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Salut! Il y a des adjectifs qui s'occupent la place après le nom, ce sont les indicateurs chromatiques: le pladond blanc, la Place Rouge, les cheveux blonds, la soie verte etc. Cette règle touche quelques groupes de mots, parmi lesqueles sont les adjectifs signifiants des nations: la lanque française, le caractère russe, la cuisine chinoise, autant que les adjectifs de forme et calibre: la table ronde, l'histoire éternelle, le triangle équilateral... Et il y a des cas ou l'adjectif de qualité se trouve toujours devant le nom, comme il a été dit plus haut )))
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I'm not a native speaker, but as far as I know there is a certain group of most common and widely used adjectives which are put before the noun, such as grand(e), petit(e), beau(belle), nouveau(nouvelle), vieux(vieille)... I think after a while you'll naturally memorize which ones form this group. Anyway, when I have doubts, I check it online :)
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Hi, how are you? I learned in my french course that when the adective is short, you place it before the noun: petit chien, bel endroit, bonne cuisine. When it's rather long, you place it after: cuisine classique, endroit désagréable. And as usual, there are exceptions :( I don't know if it was any help, maybe you should wait for a native speaker to answer. Good luck!

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