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Descriptive adjectives Adjectives describe people, places and things. In French, most adjectives agree in gender and number with the nouns or pronouns they modify. Examples: Le père est américain. La mère est américaine. Les parents sont américains.

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Descriptive adjectives

Adjectives describe people, places and things. In French, most adjectives agree in gender and number with the nouns or pronouns they modify.

Examples:

Le père est américain.

La mère est américaine.

Les parents sont américains.

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blonds

roux

bruns

J’ai les cheveux….

noirs

Il/elle a …châtains

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J’ai les cheveux….

rougesroses

violets

bleus

verts

jaunes

Il/elle a …

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J’ai les cheveux…

raides = straight

Frisés = curly Bouclés = wavy

courts = short

longs = long

moyens = medium

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J’ai les yeux…

bleus

verts

noisettes

bruns / marron

gris

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blond

roux

brun

blonde rousse brune

Je suis….

Je suis …

Il/elle est …

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grand(e)

petit(e)

de taille moyenne( someone or something of medium size.)

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joli(e) = pretty

jeune = young vieux (vieille) = old

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Some adjectives are irregular. They change spelling depending on the gender and number of the noun they modify.

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MasculineSingular

FeminineSingular

MasculinePlural

Feminine Plural

beau belle beaux belles beautiful; handsome

bon bonne bons bonnes good; kind

fier fière fiers fières proud

gros grosse gros grosses fat

heureux heureuse heureux heureuses happy

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Masculine Singular

Feminine singular

MasculinePlural

Feminineplural

intellectuel intellectuelle intellectuels intellectuelles intellectual

long longue longs longues long

naïf Naïve naïfs naïves naïve

roux rousse roux rousses red-haired

vieux vielle vieux vielles old

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MasculineSingular

FeminineSingular

MasculinePlural

Feminineplural

nouveau nouvelle nouveaux nouvelles new

curieux curieuse curieux curieuses curious

malheureux malheureuse malheureux malheureuses unhappy

nerveux nerveuse nerveux nerveuses nervous

sérieux sérieuse sérieux sérieuses serious

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Position of adjectives

• In French, adjectives are usually placed afterthe noun they modify.

• Example:Il est un garçon intelligent.

(noun) (adj.)

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•The following adjectives are placed before the noun they modify: beau, bon, grand, gros, jeune, joli, long, nouveau, petit, and vieux.

•Example:

J’aime bien les grandes familles.

(adj.) (noun)

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B - Beauty

A - Age

G - Goodness

S - Size

Adjectives that describes beauty, age, goodness and size are put before the noun that it describes.


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