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BAGS adjectives
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What do we know about adjectives in French? They have to agree in gender and number with the noun they are describing...
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Il est blond. Elle est blonde.
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Il est intelligent. Elle est intelligente!
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Il est fort. Elle est forte!
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Ils sont sportifs... Elles sont sportives.
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When the masculine form of the adjective ends in "e" it does not change in the feminine. Il est timide. Elle est timide.
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The other important thing we know about adjectives in French is that they usually come after the noun they are describing.
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un garçon sérieux...
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une fille gentille
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les cheveux noirs
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un stylo rouge
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Sometimes adjectives go before the noun in French.... these are referred to as BAGS adjectives: B- beauty A- age G - goodness/greatness S - size
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beauty To say someone is goodlooking (handsome) or beautiful, we use the word: beau Jacob est un beau garçon. Notice that beau comes before garçon.
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beauty The feminine form of beau is: belle Bella est une belle fille. Just like with beau, the adjective comes before the noun, because it is describing "beauty."
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beauty The plural form of beau is: beaux – for masculine belles – for feminine
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Regarde les beaux soldats. Regarde les belles fleurs.
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Since it comes before the noun, it needs a special form for when the noun starts with a vowel... C’est un beau arbre. NON!!! C’est un bel arbre.
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...but only when the vowel starting noun is masculine. In the feminine there is no problem so no special word is needed.... C’est une belle amie. – Sounds beautiful.
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age To say someone is old we use the word: vieux Gandalf est un vieux magicien.
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age But for a feminine noun we use the word vieille Elizabeth est une vieille reine.
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age but when followed by a noun that starts with a vowel, we need a special form of vieux: vieil C'est un vieil artiste.
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vieux, vieille, vieil, vieux, vieilles old
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age To say something is new we use the word: nouveau M. Dupont est un nouveau professeur.
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age When describing a feminine noun, we use the word: nouvelle Mme Bledel est une nouvelle professeur.
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age When describing a masculine noun that starts with a vowel, we need a special word... nouvel J'ai un nouvel ordinateur.
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goodness The word for good is.... bon Michael Phelps est un bon nageur.
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goodness For feminine nouns we use: bonne Ethel est une bonne amie.
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size We already know how to say something is big... C'est un grand crayon! C'est une grande fenêtre!
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or small... C'est un petit livre! C'est une petite voiture!
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