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French Adjective Agreement Rules

Learn about agreement rules for adjectives in French, including gender and number agreement. Understand how to make adjectives feminine and plural, with examples and irregular forms. Practice writing sentences with correctly placed adjectives. Improve your French language skills.

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French Adjective Agreement Rules

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  1. Adjective Agreement Agreement with gender and number

  2. Adjectives • Adjectives are words that describe nouns. • They agree with the nouns they describe in number AND gender • Example gender: Marc est grand et Anne est grande aussi. • Example number: J’ai les yeux verts

  3. Adjective Agreement Rules • TO MAKE ADJECTIVES FEMININE • In most cases add an ‘e’ to the masculine form of the adjective • DO NOT add ‘e’ if adjective ends in unaccented ‘e’ • Jeune -> jeune • ADD an ‘e’ if the adjective ends in an accented é • Agé -> agée • Common Changes for feminine: If it ends in… • Eux -> euse on -> onne • If ->ive en -> enne

  4. Irregular Feminine Forms • Some adjectives just have irregular feminine forms that you must memorize. • Cher…chère = expensive / dear • Long … longue = long • Blanc … blanche = white • Gros … grosse = fat • Gentil ….gentille = kind

  5. Adjective Agreement Rules • TO MAKE ADJECTIVES PLURAL • To make adjectives plural add an ‘s’ to either the masculine or feminine form • Do not add a ‘s’ if the adjective ends in an ‘x’ • Sérieux -> sérieux • Do not add a ‘s’ if the adjective ends in s • Gros -> gros • Adjectives must ALWAYS agree with the nouns they are describing • Must agree with gender first and then number • Adjectives usually go after the noun they describe

  6. Adjectives that don’t change! • Some adjectives like cool, chic, orange and marron never change form in the feminine or plural • J’ai les yeux marron. • Les profs sont cool. • La mère de Mathieu est très chic.

  7. CLASS WORK • Write the following into French • He is a kind friend. • They (masc.) are smart. • You are happy. • She is a cute friend. • We are young.

  8. Beau, Nouveau and Vieux • Beau, Nouveau and Vieux have irregular formations.

  9. ADJECTIVE PLACEMENT • Adjectives come after the noun they describe unless the description is about beauty age, goodness or size • BAGS = if it describes the BAGS then the adjective goes before! • Beau, nouveau and vieux are part of BAGS • Examples • Marc est un bel ami. -> describes goodness • Marc est un ami sérieux. -> doesn’t describe any of the BAGS

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