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Just the facts!

Just the facts!. About adjectives in French. OK, so what’s the scoop on adjectives. You know that nouns in French have gender. masculine le livre le garçon feminine la voiture la fille. They also have number. singular le livre la fille plural les livres les filles.

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Just the facts!

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  1. Just the facts! About adjectives in French.

  2. OK, so what’s the scoop on adjectives

  3. You know that nouns in French have gender. • masculine le livre le garçon • feminine la voiture la fille

  4. They also have number. • singular le livre la fille • plural les livres les filles

  5. Well, here’s the way it is...adjectives have to agree with whatever they tell about!

  6. The noun is masculine, then the adjective is masculine.

  7. The noun is feminine, then the adjective is feminine.

  8. The noun is singular, then the adjective is singular.

  9. The noun is plural, then the adjective is plural.

  10. What if the noun is feminineANDplural?

  11. Then the adjective is feminine and plural.

  12. Are you telling me that this is like an equation in math?

  13. Yeah, yeah.... masculine noun = masculine adjective feminine noun = feminine adjective singular noun = singular adjective plural noun = plural adjective Kinda like that.....

  14. OK, give me some more facts.

  15. Let’s check out how to talk about a boy, then a girl. • le garçon intelligent • la fille intelligente

  16. What about more than one boy and more than one girl? • les garçons intelligents • les filles intelligentes

  17. OK, how do you make the adjective feminine?

  18. Most adjectives in French add an –e to make the feminine form. • intelligent intelligente • brun brune • grand grande • français française

  19. OK, how do you make the adjective plural?

  20. Easy. To form the plural of most adjectives, simply add -s • le garçon intelligent • les garçons intelligents • la fille intelligente • les filles intelligentes

  21. The correct form of the adjective depends upon the noun it modifies. Is the noun masculine or feminine? Singular or plural? le garçon amusant les garçons amusants la fille amusante les filles amusantes

  22. OK...let’s wrap up this story. Give me the condensed version.

  23. Here it is... • Most adjectives add an –e to make the feminine form. • Most adjectives add –s to make the plural form.

  24. OK... It’s a wrap.

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