Questions & Answers about Tu veux un nouveau travail.
Why does veux end in an "x"?
Vouloir (to want) is a highly irregular verb. For the tu (you, singular/informal) form, it is spelled veux. The je (I) form happens to look exactly the same: Je veux. In both cases, the "x" at the end is silent! How would I change this to say "He wants a new job"?
You would say Il veut un nouveau travail. Notice that for il (he), elle (she), or on (we/one), the verb changes from veux to veut. It still sounds exactly the same out loud, but it is spelled with a "t" instead of an "x". I thought French adjectives usually go after the noun. Why is nouveau before travail?
You are right that most French adjectives go after the noun, but there is a small group of common adjectives that go before it. A handy way to remember them is the acronym BANGS: Beauty, Age, Number, Goodness, and Size. Nouveau (new) falls under "Age", so it jumps in front of the noun. Why use nouveau here instead of nouvelle or nouvel?
Because travail is a masculine word that starts with a consonant. You use nouvelle for feminine words (like une nouvelle voiture), and nouvel for masculine words that start with a vowel or a silent h (like un nouvel ami). Learn Tu veux un nouveau travail and more in French
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