Breakdown of L'insomnie a vraiment changé le cycle régulier.
avoir
to have
changer
to change
vraiment
really
le cycle
the cycle
Questions & Answers about L'insomnie a vraiment changé le cycle régulier.
Why is vraiment placed between a and changé instead of at the end of the sentence?
In compound tenses like the passé composé, short or very common adverbs (like vraiment, bien, déjà, or beaucoup) are placed right between the auxiliary verb (a) and the past participle (changé). English often does this too ("has really changed"), but in French, it is a strict structural rule for these specific adverbs.
Vraiment is a fairly long word. Why does it follow the rule for "short" adverbs?
Why does régulier come after cycle?
In French, most adjectives are placed after the noun they describe. The main exceptions are a specific group of common adjectives related to Beauty, Age, Number, Goodness, and Size (often remembered by the acronym BANGS). Since régulier (regular) doesn't fit into those categories, it follows the standard rule and goes after the noun.
If the noun were feminine, like la routine, how would régulier change?