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Est-ce que tu veux visiter les marchés locaux ?

Est-ce que tu veux visiter les marchés locaux ?
Do you want to visit the local markets?
From Lesson 81:Plurals ending in -al (-aux)·French

Questions & Answers about Est-ce que tu veux visiter les marchés locaux ?

Why is the word for "local" spelled locaux here?
Locaux is the masculine plural form of the adjective local. In French, most masculine nouns and adjectives ending in -al change to -aux in the plural. Since marchés (markets) is a masculine plural noun, the adjective must match it.
Why does locaux come after marchés?
In French, most adjectives are placed after the noun they describe. Only a specific group of short, common adjectives (describing Beauty, Age, Goodness, or Size, often remembered as the BAGS rule) go before the noun. Because local does not fit into those categories, it follows the normal rule and goes after marchés.
If I wanted to say "visit friends" instead of "visit markets", could I still use visiter?
No, visiter is only used when visiting places, like markets, museums, or cities. If you want to talk about visiting a person, you use the expression rendre visite à. For example, "to visit a friend" would be rendre visite à un ami.
Do I always have to use Est-ce que to ask a question like this?
Not always. Est-ce que is a standard, polite way to form a yes/no question. However, in casual spoken French, you can drop it and simply say Tu veux visiter les marchés locaux ?, letting your voice go up at the end of the sentence to show it is a question.

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