bad job
A noun phrase is a group of words that acts like a noun in a sentence or phrase (e.g., un je ne sais quoi).
noun phrase
a. le mauvais travail
(m) means that a noun is masculine. French nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la dame or la lune) or masculine (like l'homme or le soleil).
(M)
The worker did a bad job repainting the fence. It doesn't look good.L'ouvrier a fait du mauvais travail en repeignant la clôture. Ça ne rend pas bien.
b. le mauvais boulot
(m) means that a noun is masculine. French nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la dame or la lune) or masculine (like l'homme or le soleil).
(M)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
Daniel did a bad job on that project, and we had to redo everything.Daniel a fait un mauvais boulot sur ce projet, et nous avons dû tout recommencer.
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