Adjective agreement the wizard way Adjectiva accordia! Adjective agreement the wizard way

Casting adjectiva accordia Adjectiva accordia is a very complex spell. In order to cast it correctly, you must learn all of the steps. The steps are many but are fairly simple. Learn them all and you will master this spell.

Casting adjectiva accordia Step 1 – know the correct type of words to use What is an adjective? Examples…

Casting adjectiva accordia step 1 cont. We start with physical descriptions – height and size. Look at the following pictures to determine the correct words for your adjectiva accordia spell…

Hagrid est grand. Professeur Flitwick est petit.

Crabbe est gros. Cedric est mince.

Casting adjectiva accordia Step 1 cont. Make your descriptions better by using adverbs like “assez”, “très”, and “un peu”.

Casting adjectiva accordia Hagrid est grand. Madame Maxime est très grande.

Casting adjectiva accordia Professeur Slughorn est assez gros. Oncle Vernon est très gros.

Casting adjectiva accordia step 1 cont. Now we move on to describing people’s hair and eyes. Again, look at the following pictures and read the sentences to get the correct words for your spell.

Draco a les cheveux... blonds.

Oliver Wood a les cheveux… bruns.

Ginny a les cheveux… roux.

Harrry a les cheveux… noirs.

Dumbledore a les cheveux… blancs.

Voldemort n’a pas de cheveux. Il est… chauve.

Padma a les cheveux… longs

George a les cheveux… mi-longs

Seamus a les cheveux… courts

Susan a les cheveux… raides

Hermione a les cheveux… ondulés

Rita a les cheveux… bouclés

Professeur Sprout a les yeux… marron

Dobby a les yeux… verts

Narcissa a les yeux… noirs.

Lucius a les yeux… bleus

Casting adjectiva accordia step 1 cont. Now some more words to help you describe people. While these are not adjectives, they are useful to know.

Harry a des lunettes. Myrtle a des lunettes. Dumbledore a des lunettes. Professeur Flitwick a des lunettes.

Dumbledore et Aberforth ont des barbes. Professeur Lupin a une moustache.

Casting adjectiva accordia step 1 cont. Now that you know some of the words to describe people, let’s practice using them.

Professeur Snape

Sirius Black

Cho Chang

Bellatrix Lestrange

Professeur Lockhart

Lavender Brown

Professeur Trelawney

Mad-eye Moody

Casting adjectiva accordia step 1 cont Our next group of adjectives describes personality. They are used to tell how people behave and what others think of them. Pay close attention to the adjectives as we go through this section.

sérieux

marrante

méchante

gentil

sportif

intelligente

More adjectives généreux fort timide créatif génial pénible sympathique paresseux joli mignon bavard chauve égoïste âgé jeune nouveau vieux beau

Casting adjectiva accordia Step 2 Now to learn the wand motion. Watch and practice.

Casting adjectiva accordia Step 3 Now that you know the right words to use to describe people, you have to make them agree. Point to remember – adjectives agree with their nouns in gender and number!

Casting adjectiva accordia Step 3 cont. This step has two parts: a. Check gender (m/f) b. Check number (s/p)

Casting adjectiva accordia If the noun is masculine, use the base form: grand petit brun blond intelligent méchant marrant fort If the noun is feminine, add –e to the base form: grande petite brune blonde intelligente méchante marrante forte

Casting adjectiva accordia step 3a cont. joli fort intelligent génial méchant

Casting adjectiva accordia Some of the adjectives are irregular and have stem changes before adding the -e. sportif sportive bon bonne créatif créative long longue généreux généreuse mignon mignonne sérieux sérieuse blanc blanche paresseux paresseuse roux rousse gros grosse gentil gentille

Casting adjectiva accordia Step 3b This part of the step involves checking for number. Look at the noun and determine if it is singular or plural. Then cast your spell to make your adjective agree. le garçon fort – singular, no change les garçons forts – plural, add -s

Casting adjectiva accordia Step 3b cont. Cast adjectiva accordia to make each of the following adjectives plural. gentille pénible grosse mince marrante noir sportif bouclé fort bleu belle raide

Casting adjectiva accordia step 3b cont. If an adjective ends in –s or –x, do nothing to make it plural. Les professeurs sont gros. Ron et Dudley sont paresseux. Les Weasley sont roux.