williamylee

[steep viper]

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[timber iron]

faute de frappe askip

cela devrait être on

[sweet turtle]

Ahh that makes more sense...

But why is "nombreux" placed at the end?

[timber iron]

we wait for you in numbers

actually no

that's not right

https://www.linguee.fr/francais-anglais/traduction/vous+attend+nombreux.html

[sweet turtle]

Does nombreux serve as an adverb here? I myself would probably say something like "nous sommes nombreux à vous attendre"

[timber iron]

I think nombreux is modifying 'vous' here

we are waiting for a lot of you

[sweet turtle]

But again, why is this placement 😂

[slow dragon]

There isn't anywhere else it could go

"vous" is just before the verb because it's an object pronoun

Nombreux isn't an object pronoun

[sweet turtle]

How do I know if the nombreux is modifying the subject or the object?

[slow dragon]

I can't think of many cases where you can have something modify the subject

[sweet turtle]

How would I express, many of us are waiting for you?

[slow dragon]

Beaucoup d'entre nous vous attend

[sweet turtle]

And I assume the original sentence means "we are waiting for many of you"?