Les adjectifs

French Adjectives

1. LES ADJECTIFS QUALIFICATIFS. POSSESIFS DEMONSTRTIFS LES ADJECTIFS

2. LES ADJECTIFS QUALIFICATIFS ADJECTIVES QUALIFY A NOUN IN FRENCH GRAMMER , ADJECTIVES AGREE IN NUMBER AND GENDER WITH THE NOUN. MOST ADJECTIVES IN FRENCH ARE PLACED AFTER THE NOUN SOME SHORT AND COMMONLY USED ADJECTIVES PRECEDE THE NOUNS

3. ADJECTIVES PLACED BEFORE THE NOUNS

4. ADJECTIS PLACED AFTER THE NOUN SPORTIF - SPORTING ACTIF-ACTIVE INTELLIGENT-INTELLIGENT MINCE-THIN PARESSEUX-LAZY MODERNE-MODERN SYMPATHIQUE-CONGENIAL ÂGÉ-AGED LAID-UGLY… FEW EXAMPLES OF ADJECTIVES FOR WARM UP

5. PLURAL OF ADJECTIVES RULES TO MAKE PLURAL   1. Rule 1 :- To make plural add ‘s’ to the singular form given. eg : vert - verts   2. Rule 2 :- Anything ending in S, X, Z does not change in the plural. eg : le nez - les nez (nose) merveilleux-merveilleux ( marvelous ) gris - gris (grey)

6. PLURAL OF ADJECTIVES Rule 3 :- Any noun or adjective ending in : eu (change to) - eux - eg : cheveu - cheveux eau - eaux - manteau - manteaux ou - oux genou - genoux exceptions : bleu - bleus trou - trous clou - clous cou - cous   4. Rule 4 :- Change al to aux in the plural eg : journal - journaux national - nationaux BUT carnaval - carnavals bal-bals festival-festivals

7. PLURAL OF ADJECTIVES 5. Rule 5 :- Change ail to aux in the plural eg : vitrail - vitraux travail - travaux But chandail - chandails rail - rails Note : The above rules apply to nouns as well as adjectifs .

8. FEMININ OF ADJECTIVES 1. Rule 1 : To make f e minin add ‘e’ to the masculin form given eg : vert - verte   2. Rule 2 : If the noun/adjective already ends in ‘e’ there will be no no change for f e minin . eg : rouge - rouge le concierge - la concierge   3. Rule 3 : If it ends in ‘é’ add one more ‘e’ eg : carré - carr é e (square) âgé – âgée (aged)   4. Rule 4 : If ending in f change to ve eg : vif - vive (lively)

9. FEMININ OF ADJECTIVES 5. Rule 5 : If ending in er change to ère eg : l é ger - l é g è re premier - premi è re   6. Rule 6 : If ending in eux , change to euse eg : paresseux - paresseuse   7. Rule 7 : If ending in eur change to euse eg : le vendeur - la vendeuse But for acteur , instituteur , directeur , cultivateur change eur to ‘rice’ that is actrice , institutrice , directrice For Meilleur et Sup é rieur just add ‘e’    

10. 8. Rule 8 : For nouns / adjectives ending in on, en, et, at, an , il , el double the final letter and ‘e’ eg : on - onne bon - bonne en - enne indien - indienne et - ette coquet - coquette at - atte le chat - la chatte an - anne le paysan - la paysanne il - ille pareil - pareille el - elle maternel - maternelle But complet - complète

11. IRREQULARS FOR FEMININ IRREGULARS  1 . é pais é paisse (thick) 2 . gros grosse (fat) 3 . bas basse (low) 4 . blanc blanche (white) 5 . long longue (long) 6. vieux , vieil vieille (old) 7 . bel beau belle (beautiful) 8. roux rousse (russet) 9 . doux douce (sweet) 10. favori favorite (favourite) 11. n ouveau , nouvel nouvelle (new) 12. sec s è che (dry) 13. meilleur meilleure (better) 14. sup é rieur sup é rieure (superior) 15. frais fra î che (fresh) 16. bref bri è ve (brief)