Les Adjectifs - French Adjectives
An adjective is a word that modifies a noun. Adjectives can describe shape, color, size, and many other things about a noun.
French adjectives are very different from English adjectives, for two main reasons. Whereas in English, adjectives are always found in front of the noun, the placement of French adjectives depends on the meaning of that particular adjective - learn more.
In addition, French adjectives change to agree in gender and number with the nouns that they modify. This means that there can be up to four forms of each adjective: masculine singular, feminine singular, masculine plural, and feminine plural. Some very irregular adjectives even have different forms depending on whether the noun that follows them begins with a vowel or a consonant. But not to worry, we'll go over everything right here. If you've studied the noun lesson, some of these rules will look familar to you.
I. Most adjectives add an e for feminine and an s for plural
singular plural
masc vert verts
fem verte vertes
This rule applies to adjectives that end in most consonants as well as those that end with é.
II. When the adjective ends in e, there is no difference between the masculine and feminine forms
singular plural
masc rouge rouges
fem rouge rouges
III. When the adjective ends in s or x, there is no difference between the singular and plural masculine forms
singular plural
masc gris gris
fem grise grises
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