Learn French: Il progressera vite dans sa nouvelle carrière. - He will progress quickly in his new career.

Il progressera vite dans sa nouvelle carrière.

He will progress quickly in his new career.

Breakdown of Il progressera vite dans sa nouvelle carrière.

dans

in, inside

son

his/her/its (son, sa, ses)

nouveau

new

Questions & Answers about Il progressera vite dans sa nouvelle carrière.

How did we form the future tense in progressera?

Progressera is the futur simple of the regular -er verb progresser (to progress). To form it, you take the entire infinitive (progresser) and add the future endings. Since the subject is il (he), the correct ending is -a, giving us progressera.

Could I put vite at the end of the sentence?

It is much more natural to put it right after the verb. In French, short adverbs like vite (quickly) generally go directly after the conjugated verb they modify, so we say progressera vite.

If the subject is il (he), why do we use the feminine sa for his?

French possessive adjectives agree with the thing being owned, not the person who owns it! Because carrière (career) is a feminine noun, we must use the feminine sa, even though it belongs to a man.

Why does nouvelle come before the noun carrière?

Most French adjectives go after the noun, but nouvelle (new) belongs to a special group of common adjectives that go before it. You might know the acronym BANGS (Beauty, Age, Number, Goodness, Size) — nouvelle fits into the Age category! It is the feminine form of nouveau.