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Nous avons regardé les nouveaux meubles chez ton oncle.

Nous avons regardé les nouveaux meubles chez ton oncle.
We looked at the new furniture at your uncle's place.
From Lesson 93:The preposition at someone's place (chez)·French

Questions & Answers about Nous avons regardé les nouveaux meubles chez ton oncle.

Why do we use chez here instead of something like à la maison de?
While à la maison de is understood, chez is the natural and common way to say 'at someone's house' or 'at someone's place' in French. It is always followed by a person, like a name, a pronoun, or a noun like ton oncle.
Why does the adjective nouveaux come before the noun meubles?
Most French adjectives go after the noun, but nouveau (new) is one of the exceptions. It belongs to a small group of common adjectives describing Beauty, Age, Goodness, and Size (often called BAGS) that always go before the noun.
Why does nouveaux end with an 'x' instead of an 's'?
The masculine singular form is nouveau. A general rule in French is that adjectives and nouns ending in -eau take an -x rather than an -s when they become plural.
In English we say 'looked at', so why isn't there an à after avons regardé?
The French verb regarder means 'to look at' all by itself. The 'at' is already built into the meaning of the verb, so you do not need to add an extra preposition like à before the object you are looking at.

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