Le_Jars Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 If the subject is feminine....Oh bugger. This is what I want to say: You are invited to a Chinese evening...I have written "Vous etes invites a une soiree chinois......" (but with all the accents and everyfing).I think 'soiree' is feminine, but 'Chinois' not, but if it's a chinese (m) evening (f), does the chinois become 'chinoise' ?I hope you understand, cos I'm getting very confused.Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opalienne Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 Yes it does. It's the adjective in this case so it takes the gender of the noun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 ... and Chinoise is feminine if it is a Mrs. Chinoise (une chinoise).My American friend once asked us if in "quatre enfants", quatre took an s (quatres enfants) as if it was an adjective, but it is a number, very difficult not to get mixed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 Just to be slightly picky.........."une soirée chinoise" is absolutely correct, and means a "chinese evening". It is not specific about what exactly is chinese about the evening in question. It could be the food, clothes, music, entertainment, any and all of the above.If by "chinese evening" you specifically mean "an evening including a chinese meal", then it may be better to say something like "soirée de cuisine chinoise".I know, some people are so pedantic. C'est plus fort que moi.Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le_Jars Posted March 18, 2006 Author Share Posted March 18, 2006 Thanks all, and Rob, some of the other things like music, drinks etc will be chinese too, so hopefully it's all encompassing! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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