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Nous offrons une jolie boîte avec un ruban pour la réception chaleureuse.

Nous offrons une jolie boîte avec un ruban pour la réception chaleureuse.
We offer a pretty box with a ribbon for the warm reception.
From Lesson 90:Irregular -ir verbs with regular endings (ouvrir, offrir)·French

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"?
Not always! While it means "to offer" in this sentence, offrir is also the most common verb used for giving a gift or treating someone to a meal or drink. If you buy a friend coffee, you would use offrir.
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?
Adjectives must match the gender of the noun they describe. The noun réception is feminine. The masculine form of "warm" is chaleureux, and French adjectives ending in -eux change to -euse in the feminine form, giving us chaleureuse.

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