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Nous voyageons en Bretagne en camping-car pour voir les paysages pittoresques.

Nous voyageons en Bretagne en camping-car pour voir les paysages pittoresques.
We are traveling in Brittany by camper van to see the picturesque landscapes.
From Lesson 425:Prepositions for islands and regions (en, à, dans le)·French

Questions & Answers about Nous voyageons en Bretagne en camping-car pour voir les paysages pittoresques.

Why is the preposition en used for Bretagne?
Bretagne (Brittany) is a feminine region, which you can usually tell because it ends in an -e. For feminine provinces and regions, French uses en to mean 'in' or 'to'. If it were a masculine region starting with a consonant, you would use au instead.
Why do we say en camping-car rather than par camping-car?
For modes of transportation that you sit inside, like a car, train, or in this case a camper van, French uses the preposition en. If you were on an open mode of transport like a bike or a horse, you would use à (like à vélo).
Is camping-car actually a French word?
Yes! It is a false anglicism - an English-sounding word adopted by the French that English speakers do not actually use in the exact same way. In France, un camping-car is the standard everyday word for a camper van or motorhome.
Why does pittoresques come after paysages here?
Most descriptive adjectives in French follow the noun. Only a specific group of common, short adjectives (often remembered by the acronym BAGS: Beauty, Age, Goodness, Size) generally go before the noun. Since pittoresque describes a specific visual quality, it follows the standard rule and goes after paysages.

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