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[mellow totem]

To add on to this question, why is it réponse longue but cheveux longs? Do they have a different meaning?

[elfin moth]

I’m a beginner but I think it’s because cheveux is plural!! Not 100% sure tho

[floral zephyr]

feminin singular vs masculine plural
are you sure you're at an advanced level?

[inner garnet]

The question isn't why « long » has different forms, but why does it precede the noun for one (une longue réponse) but procede it in for the next (des cheveux longs). Why « des cheveux longs » instead of « de longs cheveux » ?

[floral zephyr]

i didn't mean to be rude, sorry if it seemed like i was
but it's like the basics of french

[mellow totem]

yeah dude sorry for lashing out but I forget things sometimes you know😭

My apologies

[floral zephyr]

was it?

well idk 😭

[mellow totem]

Yeah that was the question

[floral zephyr]

oh this

[inner garnet]

Yeah, OP was asking why it came up as « ta longue réponse » instead of « ta réponse longue » and you replied with the BAGS thing but « long » does come up after the noun like what agrumes said with « (des) cheveux longs »

[mellow totem]

Ah

That makes sense ty

[floral zephyr]

cheveux longs = literally, physically

longue réponse = more subjective, and also figurative

[inner garnet]

Hmm, « long » isn't on the list of movable adjectives though…

LOL

[elfin moth]

Thank youuu this makes sense :)

So it’s just a kinda exception you need to know?

[floral zephyr]

no this distinction happens for other adjectives as well

un homme grand : a tall man
un grand homme : a great, important, major man

objective vs subjective

https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/movable-adjectives/

[elfin moth]

ahhhhh i see

That makes a lot of sense

So would it be like

« Ta longue réponse » because its more subjective, but « Ta lettre longue » because it refers more to the physical length of the letter?

Or is it also « Ta longue lettre » because of 'long'

[floral zephyr]

exactly

well

in this case both are kinda related

[elfin moth]

Wdym? Sorry haha

[floral zephyr]

a letter which is physically long will be necessarily long by the content

i think

[elfin moth]

ahhhh i see