Breakdown of Le raisin blanc donne un meilleur jus.
Questions & Answers about Le raisin blanc donne un meilleur jus.
Why do we use meilleur here instead of plus bon?
Just like in English where we say "better" instead of "more good", French uses the irregular adjective meilleur instead of plus bon. Since jus (juice) is masculine singular, we use the masculine singular form meilleur. Why is meilleur placed before jus, while blanc is placed after raisin?
Most French adjectives, like colors (blanc), go after the noun. However, a small group of common adjectives go before the noun. You can remember these with the acronym BANGS (Beauty, Age, Number, Goodness, Size). Because meilleur relates to "Goodness", it goes before the noun. Why is Le raisin singular in French, but translated as "White grapes" (plural) in English?
In French, le raisin is often used as a singular noun to refer to grapes as a category, a crop, or a flavor (similar to how we say "corn" or "wheat" in English). If you are talking about a handful of individual grapes, you would use the plural des raisins. The word jus ends in an "s", so is it plural in this sentence?
No, jus naturally ends in an "s" even in its singular form. You can tell it is singular here because it follows the singular article un (a) and the singular adjective meilleur. If it were plural, it would be de meilleurs jus. Learn Le raisin blanc donne un meilleur jus and more in French
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