city boy

city boy
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 citadin
(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)
Tyler won't want to go camping. He's a city boy!Tyler ne voudra pas aller camper. C'est un citadin !
b. le gars de la ville
(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)
I don't think that city boy knows very much about agriculture.Je ne pense pas que ce gars de la ville connaisse grand-chose à l'agriculture.
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