"Elle écrit de nouvelles recettes."
Translation:She writes some new recipes.
February 23, 2013
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Surferjoe
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Sitesurf, thanks - we now understand the use of de and des depending on the placement of the adjective but guysaha1 below has rightly asked about the placement of nouvelles before or after the noun. Can this be clarified?
"nouveau, nouvelle, nouveaux, nouvelles" has a subjective meaning, since it means "new to me". So, it is placed in front of the verb.
When the thing is "brand new", there is another adjective: "neuf, neuve, neufs, neuves". This is an objective (factual) qualifier, and therefore it is placed after the noun.
- ma nouvelle voiture = I bought it recently, and it was second-hand or brand new when I did.
- ma voiture neuve = I just bought it and it was never used before.