être; adjective agreement le français I Chapitre 3 Grammaire 1

Je ne ________ pas très sportif. Est-ce qu’ils _________ marrants? Like avoir, the verb être is an irregular verb. This means that it does not follow the pattern of other verbs. You will have to memorize the forms individually. Je ne ________ pas très sportif. Est-ce qu’ils _________ marrants? je nous tu vous il/elle/on ils/elles

Adjectives agree in gender and number with the nouns they describe Adjectives agree in gender and number with the nouns they describe. Unless an adjective already ends in an unaccented –e, to make most adjectives feminine, add –e to the masculine singular form. Masculine Adjectives âgé bleu blond brun chataîn court fort génial grand intelligent marrant méchant noir petit vert Feminine Adjectives ____________________

To form the feminine of adjectives ending in –eux or –if , make the following spelling changes before adding –e. (-eux becomes –euse) (-if becomes –ive) Masculine singular Feminine singular sérieux généreux paresseux sportif créatif sérieuse ____________________ sportive

These adjectives have irregular feminine forms. Masculine long beau vieux nouveau roux blanc bon gros gentil mignon Feminine ____________________

Adjectives come after the noun in French unless they describe Beauty, Age, Number, Goodness or Size. Remember these with the mnemonic device BANGS Beauty: joli, beau, Age: jeune, vieux Number: un, deux, première, deuxième, etc. Goodness: bon, mauvais Size: grand, petit Martin est un beau, jeune garçon brun. Il a un bon ami, Paul. Paul est un mauvais élève marrant de temps en temps, mais Martin est un bon étudiant sérieux régulièrement. Paul et Martin sont des grands garçons.

BANGS adjectives: place before the noun Translate the paragraph from the previous slide.

Masculine intelligent___ sportif___ long___ gros sérieux Feminine Add –s to the singular masculine or feminine form of the adjective to make it plural, unless the adjective already ends in –s (gros) or –x (généreux), in which case, it is the same in the singular and plural forms. Masculine intelligent___ sportif___ long___ gros sérieux Feminine intelligente___ sportive___ longue___ grosse___ sérieuse___

The adjectives beau (beautiful), nouveau (new), and vieux (old) are irregular, you must memorize the irregular forms below. These are placed before the noun they describe. Masculine Singular (before a consonant) Masculine Singular (before a vowel) Masculine Plural Feminine Singular Feminine Plural beau nouveau vieux