In my french composition (posted earlier) I put...
Il n'est pas petit ou grand...
people responded saying that that is wrong, putting Il est ni petit ni grand...is this correct in an American high school...it's not just regional to a specific part of FR.
THANKS!
2007-10-25 13:30:23 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
we say: il n'est ni grand ni petit, but :il est de taille moyenne, is better
2007-10-25 19:40:28 · answer #1 · answered by Dori 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
For an American highschool put either "il n'est pas petit ni grand" or "il est ni petit ni grand." Both of these are correct.
Hey! Why did someone give my answer a thumbs down? My answer is correct.
2007-10-25 13:35:29 · answer #2 · answered by Kristina D 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What "Il est ni petit ni grand" means is "he is neither small neither big" literally, and that is the correct idea of saying it both in English and French.
Hope I could help!
2007-10-25 13:37:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋
"Il est ni petit ni grand", it is not a "regional part of French" and is the exact expression which corresponds to your original sentence.
"Il est de taille moyenne" is the translation of "He is of average height" which is more sophisticated French.
2007-10-25 20:52:31 · answer #4 · answered by WISE OWL 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
yet now i'm examining — ... mais je suis en prepare d'étudier whilst i became youthful I had short black hair and used to placed on outfits all of the time yet now I surely have long brown hair — Quand j'étais plus jeune, j'avais les cheveux courts et noirs. Je portais d'habitude des gowns. Mais maintenant j'ai les cheveux longs et bruns.
2016-10-14 01:27:06 · answer #5 · answered by catharine 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ll n'est ni petit ni grand is the correct way.
Don't forget the n' , il n'est...ni...ni...
2007-10-25 13:42:58 · answer #6 · answered by Lupus Mortis 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
"ni.......ni....." is the way of saying in French what English would express as "neither......nor". While English has gotten more casual about how we express this, French has not.
Spanish says it the same way, as did Latin (only it was
ne.......ne....... in Latin.)
2007-10-25 13:41:16 · answer #7 · answered by Michael M 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'm pretty sure your way is right. What does ni even mean?
2007-10-25 13:36:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋