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Les Adjectifs français French Adjectives Discuss What is an adjective? What do you already know about French adjectives? Table Of Contents 01 02 Adjective Exceptions Agreement 03 04 Extra Adjective Irregulars Placement 01 Adjective Agreement An adjective ha...

Les Adjectifs français French Adjectives Discuss What is an adjective? What do you already know about French adjectives? Table Of Contents 01 02 Adjective Exceptions Agreement 03 04 Extra Adjective Irregulars Placement 01 Adjective Agreement An adjective has to match the gender/number of the noun it describes. This means: If a noun is feminine, so is the adjective. If a noun is plural, so is the adjective etc. General Rule: Start with the dictionary form of the adjective. You can consider this its neutral or base form Start Masculine Feminine Plural dictionary form no change add an e add an s petit petit petite petits / petites blond blond blonde blonds / blondes Concise Rule: Add an e for feminine, add an s for plural. C’est à toi! (Your turn!) Translate these into French: The boy is blond. Le garçon est blond. The girl is blond. La fille est blonde. The boys are blond. Les garçons sont blonds. The girls are blond. Les filles sont blondes. 02 Exceptions  Exception 1 Number Example If the dictionary form ends in an s, Dictionary form: gros there is no change Masculine plural: gros for masculine Feminine plural: grosses plural. C’est à toi! (Your turn!) Translate these into French: The book is thick. Le livre est gros. The comic is thick. La BD est grosse. The books are thick. Les livres sont gros. The comics are thick. Les BD sont grosses.  Exception 2 Number Example If the dictionary form ends in an x, Dictionary form: généreux there is no change Masculine plural: généreux for masculine Feminine plural: généreuses plural.  C’est à toi! (Your turn!) Translate these into French: The boy is red-haired. Le garçon est roux. The girl is red-haired. La fille est rousse. The boys are red-haired. Les garçons sont roux. The girls are red-haired. Les filles sont rousses.  Exception 3 Gender Example If the dictionary form ends in an e, Dictionary form: timide DO NOT add Masculine: timide another e to make Feminine: timide the feminine form.  C’est à toi! (Your turn!) Translate these into French: The magazine is thin. Le magazine est mince. The comic is thin. La BD est mince. The magazines are thin. Les magazines sont minces. The comics are thin. Les BD sont minces.  Exception 4 Gender If the dictionary Example form ends in an é, you DO add Dictionary form: préféré another e to make Masculine: préféré the feminine form. Feminine: préférée (It’s just a regular adjective) C’est à toi! (Your turn!) Translate these into French: My favorite pencil. Mon crayon préféré. My favorite chair. Ma chaise préférée. My favorite boards. Mes tableaux préférés. My favorite maps. Mes cartes préférées.  Exception 5 Gender eux → euse Example If the dictionary Dictionary form: paresseux form ends in -eux, change the ending Masculine: paresseux to -euse to make Feminine: paresseuse the feminine form.  C’est à toi! (Your turn!) Translate these into French: The man is serious. L’homme est sérieux. The woman is serious. La femme est sérieuse. The men are serious. Les hommes sont sérieux. The women are serious. Les femmes sont sérieuses.  Exception 6 Gender if → ive Example If the dictionary Dictionary form: sportif form ends in -if, change the ending Masculine: sportif to -ive to make the Feminine: sportive feminine form.  C’est à toi! (Your turn!) Translate these into French: Mr. Truboff is creative. M. Truboff est créatif. Ms. Rigol is creative. Mme Rigol est créative. The boys are creative. Les garçons sont créatifs. The girls are creative. Les filles sont créatives.  Exception 7 Gender Example dictionary form → feminine Irregular long → longue Some adjectives blanc → blanche do not follow any pattern to form bon → bonne the feminine. gros → grosse These irregulars gentil → gentille should be mignon → mignonne memorized. C’est à toi! (Your turn!) Translate these into French: The pencil is white. Le crayon est blanc. The radio is white. La radio est blanche. The hair is white. Les cheveux sont blancs. The maps are white. Les cartes sont blanches.  Exception 8 Gender Invariable Example Some adjectives so not change at all. cool The dictionary form chic is the ONLY form- orange no feminine, no marron plural. These should be memorized.  C’est à toi! (Your turn!) Translate these into French: The orange is orange. L’orange est orange. The chair is orange. La chaise est orange. The oranges are orange. Les oranges sont orange. The baseball bats are orange. Les battes sont orange. 03 Extra irregulars 5 Form Adjectives There are 3 adjectives that have an extra adjective form. It is used in front of masculine singular nouns that start with a vowel, and it is for pronunciation. Dictionary Masculine Masculine Masculine Feminine Feminine Form singular Singular (in Plural Singular Plural front of a vowel) beau beau bel beaux belle belles nouveau nouveau nouvel nouveaux nouvelle nouvelles vieux vieux vieil vieux vieille vieilles C’est à toi! (Your turn!) Translate these into French: The book is new. Le livre est nouveau. The new book Le nouveau livre The computer is new. L’ordinateur est nouveau. The new computer Le nouvel ordinateur 04 Adjective Placement Adjectives go after the nouns they describe. This is the opposite of English, where we put the adjective before the noun! Example The creative girl = La fille créative The green book = Le livre vert The blue eyes = Les yeux bleus The athletic student = L’élève sportif The brown hair = Les cheveux bruns C’est à toi! (Your turn!) Translate these into French: The blue book Le livre bleu The smart teacher Le prof intelligent (or intelligente) The white hair Les cheveux blancs The brown chairs Les chaises marron Exception: BAGS Adjectives that describe beauty, age, goodness or size come before the noun. Beauty beau, mignon, joli, moche, laid Age nouveau, vieux, jeune, âgé Goodness Bon, mauvais Size grand, petit, gros, mince, long, court BAGS adjectives go BEFORE the nouns they describe Example The short girl = La petite fille The old book = Le vieux livre The big eyes = Les grands yeux The new student = Le nouvel élève The beautiful window = La belle fenêtre C’est à toi! (Your turn!) Translate these into French: The short boy Le petit garçon The old woman La vieille femme The long books Les longs livres The young girls Les jeunes filles Minor Spelling Rule When an adjective is placed before the noun when using the plural indefinite article (des), the article must change to de. Example Some green chairs = Des chaises vertes (adjective is after noun) but Some old chairs = De vieilles chaises (adjective is before noun) You can always use the plural definite article, no matter the adjective location: The green chairs = Les chaises vertes The old chairs = Les vieilles chaises Merci! CREDITS: This presentation template was created by Slidesgo, including icons by Flaticon and infographics & images by Freepik. Please keep this slide for attribution.