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subject-auxiliary inversion
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).
a. l'inversion sujet-auxiliaire (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. French nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la dame or la lune) or masculine (like l'homme or le soleil).
The English question "Are you coming?" contains subject-auxiliary inversion.La question anglaise « Are you coming? » contient une inversion sujet-auxiliaire.
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