Learn French: L'hôtel n'est pas encore prêt pour l'ouverture. - The hotel is not ready for the opening yet.

L'hôtel n'est pas encore prêt pour l'ouverture.

The hotel is not ready for the opening yet.

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Questions & Answers about L'hôtel n'est pas encore prêt pour l'ouverture.

Why are the words pas and encore right next to each other here?

In French, the negative phrase ne... pas encore (not yet) usually stays together as a fixed block. Unlike in English, where 'yet' often gets pushed to the very end of the sentence, in French you put pas encore immediately after the conjugated verb (est).

Why does the sentence use pour after prêt instead of à?

You use prêt pour when it is followed by a noun, like l'ouverture (the opening). If you were following it with an action (a verb), you would use prêt à, like in prêt à ouvrir (ready to open).

Could I say pour l'ouvert instead of pour l'ouverture?

No, because ouvert is an adjective meaning 'open'. After the preposition pour (for), you need a noun. Ouverture is the noun form meaning 'the opening' (the event itself).

Does prêt change depending on what is ready?

Yes, prêt is an adjective and must agree with the subject. Here it is masculine singular to match L'hôtel. If you were talking about a room (la chambre), you would add an 'e' to make it feminine and say La chambre n'est pas encore prête.