ADJECTIVE AGREEMENT FRANCAIS 1 UNIT 3 GRAMMAR 1

MAKING ADJECTIVES FEMININE To make Adjectives feminine: Most of the time add an “e” to the word to make it feminine Grand - > grande Intelligent ->intelligente Do NOT add an “e” if the adjective already ends in an E Jeune -> jeune Mince ->mince EUX always changes to euse in the feminine Parasseux -> parasseuse IF always changes to ive in the feminine Créatif -> créative

Irregular feminine forms Long – longue (long) Blanc – blanche (white) Bon – bonne (good) Gros – grosse (fat) Gentil – gentille (kind/nice) Mignon – mignonne (cute)

Making adjectives plural To make adjectives plural add a ‘s’ to the end of either the masculine or feminine form Do not add a ‘s’ if the adjective ends in s or x EXAMPLES Grand -> grands Grande -> grandes Gros sérieux

SOME ADJECTIVES NEVER CHANGE Cool Chic Fashionable Orange Marron brown

ADJECTIVE PLACEMENT Adjective go after the nouns unless they describe BAGS. If they describe bags they go in front of the noun Beauty Age Goodness size EXAMPLES Martin est un bon ami Martin est un élève sérieux

ADJECTIVE PLACEMENT The adjective below are irregular. They also come before the noun they describe (BAGS) MASCULINE SINGULAR MASCULINE SINGULAR BEFORE A VOWEL MASCULINE PLURAL FEMININE SINGULAR FEMININE PLURAL BEAU = BEAUTIFUL BEL BEAUX BELLE BELLES NOUVEAU = NEW NOUVEL NOUVEAUX NOUVELLE NOUVELLES VIEUX = OLD VIEIL VIEUX VIEILLE VIEILLES

examples Mme boursier a une belle voiture Alain a de vieux posters Marc est un nouvel ami