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BAGS adjectives
What do we know about adjectives in French?
• They have to agree in gender and number with the noun they are describing...
Il est blond.
Elle est blonde.
• Il est intelligent.
Elle est intelligente!
• Il est fort.
Elle est forte!
• Ils sont sportifs...
Elles sont sportives.
When the masculine form of the adjective ends in "e" it does not change in the feminine.
• Il est timide.
Elle est timide.
The other important thing we know about adjectives in French is that they usually come after the noun they
are describing.
• un garçon sérieux...
• une fille gentille
les cheveux noirs
un stylo rouge
Sometimes adjectives go before the noun in French....
• these are referred to as BAGS adjectives:
• B- beauty• A- age• G - goodness/greatness• S - size
beauty
• To say someone is goodlooking (handsome) or beautiful, we use the word:
beau
Jacob est un beau garçon.
Notice that beau comes before garçon.
beauty
• The feminine form of beau is:
belle
Bella est une belle fille.Just like with beau, the adjective comes before the noun, because it is describing "beauty."
beauty
• The plural form of beau is:
beaux – for masculine
belles – for feminine
• Regarde les beaux soldats.
• Regarde les belles fleurs.
Since it comes before the noun, it needs a special form for when the noun starts with a vowel...
• C’est un beau arbre. NON!!!
• C’est un bel arbre.
...but only when the vowel starting noun is masculine. In the feminine there is no problem so no special word
is needed....• C’est une belle amie.
– Sounds beautiful.
age
• To say someone is old we use the word:
vieux
Gandalf est un vieux magicien.
age
• But for a feminine noun we use the word
vieille
Elizabeth est une vieille reine.
age• but when followed by a noun that starts with
a vowel, we need a special form of vieux:
vieil
C'est un vieil artiste.
vieux, vieille, vieil, vieux, vieilles
• old
age
• To say something is new we use the word:
nouveau
M. Dupont est un nouveau professeur.
age• When describing a feminine noun, we use the
word:
nouvelle
Mme Bledel est une nouvelle professeur.
age• When describing a masculine noun that starts
with a vowel, we need a special word...
nouvel
J'ai un nouvel ordinateur.
goodness
• The word for good is....
bon
Michael Phelps est un bon nageur.
goodness
• For feminine nouns we use:
bonne
Ethel est une bonne amie.
size
• We already know how to say something is big...
C'est un grand crayon!
C'est une grande fenêtre!
• or small...
C'est un petit livre!
C'est une petite voiture!