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Les Adjectifs BAGS. Adjectifs like you’ve never seen them “BEFORE”. Un revue des adjectifs. What is a unique characteristic of French adjectives? Where are a majority of French adjectives placed in relationship to the noun?. BAGS Adjectives. B eauty A ge G oodness S ize
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Les AdjectifsBAGS Adjectifs like you’ve never seen them “BEFORE”
Un revue des adjectifs • What is a unique characteristic of French adjectives? • Where are a majority of French adjectives placed in relationship to the noun?
BAGS Adjectives • Beauty • Age • Goodness • Size • BAGS adjectives go BEFORE the noun that they modify, when there’s a DIRECT RELATION. BEFORE
“B”eauty is first.. • B (beauty – or lack of) • Beau/ belle • Joli / jolie • Mignon/ mignonne • Moche • EX: unejoliejupe • EX: le beauchemisierbleu.
“A”n absolute must… • A (age) • Âgé(e) • Nouveau/ nouvelle • Vieux / vieille • Jeune • EX: Unenouvelle robe • EX: Un jeunegarçon
“Good” grief… why are they different? • G (goodness – or lack of it) • Bon/bonne • Gentil/ gentille • sincère • Mauvais/ mauvaise • EX: des bons chaussures • EX: un mauvais sac
The last “BAG”-- S • S (Size) • Grand/ grande • Petit/ petite • Court/ courte • Long/ longue • Gros/ grosse • Mince • Large • EX: unecourtejupe • EX: un long foulard rose.
La formation • BAGSoupas… gender et numérostill matter! • If the adjectivecomes before the noun(BAGS)… the gender goes BEFORE the adjective. • Unbeaugarçon adjective noun gender
La formation • If the adjective comes after the noun (PAS BAGS)… the gender goes right BEFORE the nounwith the adjective following. • Unerobedémodée adjective gender noun
Un peu de practice http://quizlet.com/640552/french-bags-adjectives-flash-cards/