Les Adjectifes. Les adjectifs French adjectives agree in gender and number with the nouns they...

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Les Adjectifes

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Page 1: Les Adjectifes. Les adjectifs French adjectives agree in gender and number with the nouns they modify. 1.Most French adjectives add e for the fem Most.

Les Adjectifes

Page 2: Les Adjectifes. Les adjectifs French adjectives agree in gender and number with the nouns they modify. 1.Most French adjectives add e for the fem Most.

Les adjectifsFrench adjectives agree in gender and number with the nouns they modify.1. Most French adjectives add e for the fem• Most French adjectives add s for the plural

Mas Masc Plural Fem Fem Plural

Épicé (spicy) épicés épicée épicées

vert verts verte vertes

bleu bleus bleue bleue

grand grands grande grande

amusant amusants amusante amusantes

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Les exemples

Page 4: Les Adjectifes. Les adjectifs French adjectives agree in gender and number with the nouns they modify. 1.Most French adjectives add e for the fem Most.

Les exemples

• Le livre vert est sur la table

• La fille porte une jupe verte

• Les livres verts sont sur la table

• Elles portent des jupes vertes

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Les Adjectifs

2. When the masculine singular adjective ends in an unaccented E, there is no difference between the masculine and feminine forms:

Mas sing Masc Plural Fem Fem Plural

rouge rouges rouge rouges

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Les Adjectifs2. • Il porte un blouson rouge • Elle porte une chemisier rouge• Ils portent des pantalons rouges• Elles mettent des chaussures rouges– elle portait des chaussures à talons hauts

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3. When the default form of the adjective ends in S or X, there is no difference between the masculine singular and plural forms:

Mas sing Mas plural Fem sing Fem Plural

gris gris grise grises

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4. A few adjectives are invariable:e.g.

marron châtain Clair

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Les Adjectifs

• There are still quite a few that have irregular feminine and/or plural forms.

5. Adjectives that end in a vowel plus L or N usually become feminine by doubling the consonant before adding E.

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Les AdjectifsMasc sing Masc plur Fem sing Fem plural Meaning

Personnel Personnels Personnelle Personnelles Personal

Bon (good) Bons Bonne Bonnes Good

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Les adjectifs6. Adjectives that end in er or et they add a grave accent for the feminine

Mas Masc Plural Fem Fem Plural

Cher (dear) Chers Chère Chères

Complet (full) Complets Complète Complètes

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Les adjectifs7. Adjectives that end in eur they add euse for the feminine

Mas Masc Plural Fem Fem Plural

Flatteur (flattering)

Flatteurs Flatteuse Flatteuses

Chanteur Chanteur Chanteuse Chanteuses

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Les adjectifs8. Adjectives that end in c they add che for the feminine

Mas Masc Plural Fem Fem Plural

Blanc Blancs Blanche Blanches

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Les adjectifs9. Adjectives that end in eux they add euse for the feminine

Mas Masc Plural Fem Fem Plural

Heureux (happy) Heureux Heureuse Heureuses

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Les adjectifs10. Adjectives that end in f become ve for the feminine

Mas Masc Plural Fem Fem Plural

Neuf (new) Neufs Neuve Neuves

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Les adjectifs12. Adjectives that end in al become aux for the feminine

Mas Masc Plural Fem Fem Plural

Idéal Idéaux Idéale Idéales

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Les adjectifs13. Irregular French adjectives. There are five. They have a special form when placed before a vowel or h mute

Mas Masc before a vowel or h mute

Masc Plural Fem Fem Plural

Beau (beautiful)

Bel Beaux Belle Belles

Nouveau (new)

Nouvel Nouveaux Nouvelle Nouvelles

Fou (mad, foolish)

Fol Fous Folle Folles

Mou (soft) Mol Mous Molle Molles

Vieux (old) Vieil Vieux Vieille Vieilles

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Les Adjectifs- Les Règles

• Most descriptive adjectives are placed after the noun they modify.

• These types of adjectives include shape, colour, taste, nationality, religion, social class, and other adjectives that describe things like personality and mood.

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Les Adjectifs- Les Règles

• une table ronde - round table un livre noir - black book du thé sucré - sweet tea une femme américaine - American woman une famille bourgeoise - middle-class family

In addition, present participles and past participles used as adjectives are always placed after the noun.

une histoire intéressante - interesting story un débat passionné - lively debate

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Les Adjectifs- Les Règles

• Placement before the nounCertain adjectives are placed before the noun, some which you can memorize with the acronym "BAGS":

Beauty Age Good and bad Size (except for grand with people - see later).

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Les Adjectifs- Les Règles

• une jolie fille - pretty girl un jeune homme - young man une nouvelle maison - new house un bon enfant - good child un petit problème - small problem les sincères condoléances - sincere condolences les vagues promesses - vague promises un gentil garçon - kind boy

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Les Adjectifs- Les Règles • Figurative: mes vertes années my green (fruitful) years

Literal: des légumes verts green vegetables

Figurative: un grand homme a great manLiteral: un homme grand a tall man

Figurative: un triste individu a sad (mean or bad) personLiteral: un individu triste a sad (crying) person

Figurative: mon ancienne école my old (former) schoolLiteral: mon école ancienne my old (aged) school

Figurative: un certain regard a certain (type of) lookLiteral: une victoire certaine a certain (assured) victory