Breakdown of Nous offrons une jolie boîte avec un ruban pour la réception chaleureuse.
un
a / an (masculine)
nous
we / us (object pronoun)
joli
pretty
avec
with
Questions & Answers about Nous offrons une jolie boîte avec un ruban pour la réception chaleureuse.
Why does offrons take regular endings if the verb is offrir?
Offrir (to offer) is a special irregular -ir verb. It is tricky because it drops the -ir and takes the exact same endings as regular -er verbs in the present tense (-e, -es, -e, -ons, -ez, -ent). That is why the nous form is nous offrons.
Does offrir always translate exactly to "to offer"?
Why is jolie placed before boîte, but chaleureuse goes after réception?
Most French adjectives go after the noun, just like la réception chaleureuse (the warm reception). However, short, common adjectives describing Beauty, Age, Goodness, or Size (often remembered by the acronym BAGS) go before the noun. Jolie (pretty) describes beauty, so it goes before the noun to make une jolie boîte.
Why does the word for "warm" end in -euse here?