Les Adjectifs. What is an adjective? An adjective is a word that modifies a noun by describing it in some way: Shape Color Size Nationality.

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1 Les Adjectifs

2 What is an adjective? An adjective is a word that modifies a noun by describing it in some way: Shape Color Size Nationality

3 French adjectives are different from English adjectives in two ways:

4 1. French adjectives change to agree in gender and number with the nouns that they modify, which means there can be up to four forms of each adjective: Adjective: joli (pretty) Masculine singular joli Feminine singular jolie Masculine plural jolis Feminine plural jolies

5 2. In English, adjectives are always found in front of the noun, but most French adjectives follow the noun they modify: un livre vert - green book un professeur intelligent - smart teacher But there are some French adjectives that precede the noun: un beau garçon - handsome boy un petit verre - small glass

6 B – Beauty -beau/bel/belle/beaux/belles A – Age -nouveau/nouvel/nouvelle/nouveaux/nouvelles N – Numbers -premier/première G - Greatness/Goodness -mauvais/mauvaise S – Size -gros/grosse BANGS: Rule for Writing Adjectives

7 French adjectives change if they are masculine, feminine, or plural. There can be up to four forms of each adjective! Most French adjectives add E for feminine and S for plural.

8 SingularPlural Adjective mascvowel/H femmascfem beautiful beaubelbellebeauxbelles newnouveau nouvel nouvelle nouveaux nouvelles crazyfoufolfollefousfolles softmoumolmollemousmolles oldvieuxvieilvieillevieuxvieilles Irregular French Adjectives There are several French adjectives which have irregular feminine and plural forms, as well as a special form when they are placed in front of a masculine noun that begins with a vowel or a mute H: