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Le dîner est très épicé, tu bois beaucoup !

Le dîner est très épicé, tu bois beaucoup !
The dinner is very spicy, you drink a lot!
From Lesson 49:Very vs. a lot (très, beaucoup)·French

Questions & Answers about Le dîner est très épicé, tu bois beaucoup !

Why do we use très with épicé but beaucoup after bois?
très translates to very and is used to intensify adjectives like épicé (spicy). beaucoup means a lot and is used to describe how much an action happens, so it belongs with the verb bois (drink).
Could I say beaucoup épicé if I want to say the dinner is a lot spicy?
No, French is strict about this rule. You cannot put beaucoup directly before an adjective. You must always use très to intensify adjectives, never beaucoup.
What verb is bois and is the s at the end pronounced?
It is the tu (you) form of the irregular verb boire (to drink). Like many ending consonants in French, the final s is completely silent.
Does the spelling of épicé change depending on the food being described?
Yes! Because it is an adjective, it must match the gender of the noun it describes. le dîner is masculine, so we use épicé. If we were describing a feminine noun like la soupe, we would add a silent e to the end to make it épicée.

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