BAGS adjectives. What do we know about adjectives in French? They have to agree in gender and number...

31
BAGS adjectives

Transcript of BAGS adjectives. What do we know about adjectives in French? They have to agree in gender and number...

Page 1: BAGS adjectives. What do we know about adjectives in French? They have to agree in gender and number with the noun they are describing...

BAGS adjectives

Page 2: BAGS adjectives. What do we know about adjectives in French? They have to agree in gender and number with the noun they are describing...

What do we know about adjectives in French?

• They have to agree in gender and number with the noun they are describing...

Page 3: 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.

Page 4: 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 intelligent.

Elle est intelligente!

Page 5: 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 fort.

Elle est forte!

Page 6: BAGS adjectives. What do we know about adjectives in French? They have to agree in gender and number with the noun they are describing...

• Ils sont sportifs...

Elles sont sportives.

Page 7: BAGS adjectives. What do we know about adjectives in French? They have to agree in gender and number with the noun they are describing...

When the masculine form of the adjective ends in "e" it does not change in the feminine.

• Il est timide.

Elle est timide.

Page 8: BAGS adjectives. What do we know about adjectives in French? They have to agree in gender and number with the noun they are describing...

The other important thing we know about adjectives in French is that they usually come after the noun they

are describing.

Page 9: BAGS adjectives. What do we know about adjectives in French? They have to agree in gender and number with the noun they are describing...

• un garçon sérieux...

Page 10: BAGS adjectives. What do we know about adjectives in French? They have to agree in gender and number with the noun they are describing...

• une fille gentille

Page 11: BAGS adjectives. What do we know about adjectives in French? They have to agree in gender and number with the noun they are describing...

les cheveux noirs

Page 12: BAGS adjectives. What do we know about adjectives in French? They have to agree in gender and number with the noun they are describing...

un stylo rouge

Page 13: BAGS adjectives. What do we know about adjectives in French? They have to agree in gender and number with the noun they are describing...

Sometimes adjectives go before the noun in French....

• these are referred to as BAGS adjectives:

• B- beauty• A- age• G - goodness/greatness• S - size

Page 14: BAGS adjectives. What do we know about adjectives in French? They have to agree in gender and number with the noun they are describing...

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.

Page 15: BAGS adjectives. What do we know about adjectives in French? They have to agree in gender and number with the noun they are describing...

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."

Page 16: BAGS adjectives. What do we know about adjectives in French? They have to agree in gender and number with the noun they are describing...

beauty

• The plural form of beau is:

beaux – for masculine

belles – for feminine

Page 17: BAGS adjectives. What do we know about adjectives in French? They have to agree in gender and number with the noun they are describing...

• Regarde les beaux soldats.

• Regarde les belles fleurs.

Page 18: BAGS adjectives. What do we know about adjectives in French? They have to agree in gender and number with the noun they are describing...

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.

Page 19: BAGS adjectives. What do we know about adjectives in French? They have to agree in gender and number with the noun they are describing...

...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.

Page 20: BAGS adjectives. What do we know about adjectives in French? They have to agree in gender and number with the noun they are describing...

age

• To say someone is old we use the word:

vieux

Gandalf est un vieux magicien.

Page 21: BAGS adjectives. What do we know about adjectives in French? They have to agree in gender and number with the noun they are describing...

age

• But for a feminine noun we use the word

vieille

Elizabeth est une vieille reine.

Page 22: BAGS adjectives. What do we know about adjectives in French? They have to agree in gender and number with the noun they are describing...

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.

Page 23: BAGS adjectives. What do we know about adjectives in French? They have to agree in gender and number with the noun they are describing...

vieux, vieille, vieil, vieux, vieilles

• old

Page 24: BAGS adjectives. What do we know about adjectives in French? They have to agree in gender and number with the noun they are describing...

age

• To say something is new we use the word:

nouveau

M. Dupont est un nouveau professeur.

Page 25: BAGS adjectives. What do we know about adjectives in French? They have to agree in gender and number with the noun they are describing...

age• When describing a feminine noun, we use the

word:

nouvelle

Mme Bledel est une nouvelle professeur.

Page 26: BAGS adjectives. What do we know about adjectives in French? They have to agree in gender and number with the noun they are describing...

age• When describing a masculine noun that starts

with a vowel, we need a special word...

nouvel

J'ai un nouvel ordinateur.

Page 27: BAGS adjectives. What do we know about adjectives in French? They have to agree in gender and number with the noun they are describing...

goodness

• The word for good is....

bon

Michael Phelps est un bon nageur.

Page 28: BAGS adjectives. What do we know about adjectives in French? They have to agree in gender and number with the noun they are describing...

goodness

• For feminine nouns we use:

bonne

Ethel est une bonne amie.

Page 29: BAGS adjectives. What do we know about adjectives in French? They have to agree in gender and number with the noun they are describing...

size

• We already know how to say something is big...

C'est un grand crayon!

C'est une grande fenêtre!

Page 30: BAGS adjectives. What do we know about adjectives in French? They have to agree in gender and number with the noun they are describing...

• or small...

C'est un petit livre!

C'est une petite voiture!

Page 31: BAGS adjectives. What do we know about adjectives in French? They have to agree in gender and number with the noun they are describing...