Nouveau vs Neuf Flashcards
Qu’est ce que la différence entre nouveau et neuf?
Nouveau/ nouveaux/ nouvel (before masc sing nouns beginning with vowel or h)/ nouvelle/ nouvelles = change or improvement (something that is different than what came before ¥ ancien) Neuf/neufs/neuve/neuves = brand-new out of the shop.
A piece of news.
Une nouvelle.
The news.
Les nouvelles.
Have you seen my new car?
Yes I have seen it.
As-tu vu ma nouvelle voiture?
Oui je l’ai vue.
Not new from the factory but new to the speaker.
He has put on a new shirt.
Il a mis une nouvelle chemise.
He took off the one he was wearing and put on a new one instead.
It’s new (I just bought it used/ found/ made it)
C’est nouveau
We have a new apartment
Nous avons un nouvel appartement.
We just moved (nouveau ➡️ nouvel before masc sing nouns starting with a vowel or ‘h’)
I’ve seen the new bridge
The replacement for the old one
J’ai vu le nouveau pont
I’ve never bought a brand-new car
Always used once
Je n’ai jamais acheté une voiture neuve
He bought a new shirt
from the store
Il a acheté une chemise neuve
Just like brand-new
As good as new
Comme neuf
We have a new apartment
in a brand new building
Nous avons un appartement neuf
I saw le pont neuf
The oldest bridge in Paris but at the time it was built and named it was brand new
J’ai vu le pont neuf
This way of doing it is quite old.
Cette façon de faire est assez ancienne.
our old car
notre ancienne voiture
