"A pony is a small horse."

Translation: Un poney est un petit cheval.

[Neno19041972]

Petit cheval vs cheval petit how to know what to use. Thx

[CommeuneTexane]

Petit precedes the noun in French. Petit cheval, petit enfant, petite voiture, petites chaussures, etc...

[Jo1Ob2]

The way I was taught to remember this in school was using the mnemonic BAGS: beauty, age, goodness, size. Adjectives referring to one of those properties precede the noun. It's probably not perfect, but it works well!