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Les adjectifs Français 1
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1. Les adjectifs or “adjectives” are used to…
Describe nouns and pronouns. Ex. - The dog is small. He is small. The dog is big. She is big.
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2. Adjectives that modify masculine nouns must be in…
masculine form. Ex. - Xavier est blond. Le garçon est intelligent.
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3. Adjectives that modify feminine nouns must be in…
feminine form. Ex. - Alice est blonde. La fille est intelligente.
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*This is called noun-adjective agreement or l’accord.
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4. In written French, feminine adjectives are usually formed as follows…
Masculine Feminine Adjective e → Adjective Ex. – blond e → blonde intelligent e → intelligente
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5. Exception: If the masculine adjective already ends in –e…
The feminine form will be the same. Ex. – Le garçon est stupide. La fille est stupide.
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6. Pronunciation: A. Masculine…Don’t pronounce final consonant (unless the word ends in e.) B. Feminine…Pronounce final consonant because e will usually follow it. Masc. Fem. Blond → Blonde Petit → Petite
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7. Position: Unlike English adjectives, many French adjectives…
Follow the noun that they modify. Ex. – Alain est un garçon américain. La fille brune est française.
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8. To make a plural adjective…
Just add –s to end. Ex. – Il est grand. Ils sont grands. Elle est grande. Elles sont grandes. Do nothing, if the adjective already ends in –s.
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Vocabulaire spécialisé – La description
Voici Alain. Voici Suzanne. Comment est-il? Comment est-elle? beau belle brun brune blond blonde grand grande petit petite amusant amusante intelligent intelligente intéressant intéressante sincère sincère sympathique sympathique
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Quelques autres adjectifs -- Identifiez…
1. romantique – romantic 2. loyal(e) – loyal 3. tolérant(e) – tolerant 4. indépendent(e) – independent 5. réservé(e) – reserved 6. patient(e) – patient 7. impatient(e) – impatient 8. sympa – nice, pleasant, warm, friendly 9. triste – sad 10. dingue - crazy
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11. bête – silly;dumb 12. fantastique – fantastic 13. méchant(e) – mean 14. mignon (mignonne) – cute 15. drôle – funny 16. faible – weak 17. mort(e) – dead 18. vivant(e) – alive 19. moche – plain 20. âgé(e) - old
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21. gris(e) – gray-headed 22. roux (rousse) – red-headed 23. gentil (gentille) – nice; kind Attention! To form the feminine of adjectives ending in –eux or -if, make the following spelling changes before adding –e. sérieux → sérieuse (serious) sportif → sportive (athletic)
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These adjectives have irregular feminine forms…Memorize them!
long – longue (long) blanc – blanche (white) bon – bonne (good) gros – grosse (fat) gentil – gentille (nice) mignon – mignonne (cute)
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FIN!
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