Question 1

Why is ce qui used here instead of ce que?

Accepted Answer

In this sentence, ce qui acts as the subject of the verb sera (what will be). You use ce qui when "what" is performing the action. If "what" were the direct object receiving the action (for example, "what you are eating"), you would use ce que.

Question 2

Why do we add the c' in c'est instead of just saying est cette nouvelle saveur?

Accepted Answer

When you start a sentence with a ce qui or ce que clause to emphasize a point, French grammar usually requires you to restate the subject with ce (which becomes c' before a vowel) right before the main verb être. Literally, you are saying: "What will be delicious, it is this new flavor."

Question 3

Since saveur is a feminine noun, shouldn't the adjective be the feminine délicieuse?

Accepted Answer

The adjective délicieux is describing the indefinite pronoun ce (the "what" in ce qui), not the noun saveur. Because ce doesn't refer to a specific noun with a known gender in that first part of the sentence, it takes the default masculine singular form.

Question 4

Why is the adjective nouvelle placed before the noun saveur?

Accepted Answer

While most French adjectives are placed after the noun they describe, nouveau / nouvelle (new) is part of a small group of common adjectives describing Beauty, Age, Goodness, or Size (often remembered by the acronym BAGS) that always go before the noun.

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