Les Adjectifs

1. Les Adjectifs Alexis Strauss & Javon Orange Français BI Period 1

2. What We Should Already Know About French Adjectives… • French adjectives change in order to agree with the gender and number of the noun(s) that they modify, meaning there can be up to four forms of a given adjective • Masculine singular • Feminine singular • Masculine plural • Feminine plural

3. In English, adjectives are placed before the noun, while most French adjectives follow the noun they modify Example: Un livre vert. vs. A green book.

4. Adjectives before the noun (antéposé) Certain adjectives are placed before the noun, some which you can memorize with the acronym "BANGS” -Beauty: beau/belle and joli(e) -Age: vieux/vieilleand nouveau -Numbers -Good : bon/bonne(not mauvais) -Size: petit(e) and grand

5. Placement of Adjective Depends on Meaning! • Some adjectives have both a figurative and literal meaning and can be placed on either side of the noun • When the adjective is figurative, it goes BEFORE the noun • When the adjective is literal, it goes AFTER the noun

6. Examples

7. Agreement with Adjectives • French adjectives change to agree in gender and number with the nouns that they modify, which means there can be up to four forms of each adjective. • The different forms for adjectives depend mostly on the final letter(s) of the default form of the adjective, which is the masculine singular.

8. Most French adjectives add E for feminine and S for plural. • This rule applies to adjectives that end in most consonants as well as all vowels except the unaccented E. • It also includes all regular and most irregular present participles and past participles

9. Examples • Adjective: amusant • Masculine singular amusant • Feminine singular amusante • Masculine plural amusants • Feminine plural amusantes

10. When the masculine singular adjective ends in an unaccented E, there is no difference between the masculine and feminine forms • Example: • Adjective: rouge (red) • Masculine singular rouge • Feminine singular rouge • Masculine plural rouges • Feminine plural rouges

11. When the default form of the adjective ends in S or X, there is no difference between the masculine singular and plural forms: • Example: Adjective: gris • Masculine singular gris • Feminine singular grise • Masculine pluralgris • Feminine plural grises

12. Irregular Adjectives • Adjectives that end in a vowel plus L or N usually become feminine by doubling the consonant before adding E. • Ending: el > elleAdjective: personnel • Masculine singular personnel Feminine singular personnelle • Adjectives that end in er or et need a grave accent • Ending: er > èreAdjective: cher • Masculine singularcherFemininesingularchère • Other final letters lead to very irregular feminine endings • C  CHE (blanc to blanche)EUX  EUSE (heureux  heureuse)

13. Ordinal (AdjectifsOrdinaux) • Ordinal: adjectives which give relative numeric information, indicating the order or sequence of things: first, second, third, etc. EX. Sept  septièmeVingt et un vingt et unième • Excluding: première, deuxième /seconde, cinq  cinquième (u is added), and neuf neuvième ( v is added) • Agree with number and gender of noun

14. Mini Quiz!!! un _____ espoir a) fou b) fous c) folles d) fol les _____ ordinateurs a) nouveau b) nouvels c) nouvelles d) nouveaux

15. Answers un _____ espoir a) fou b) fous c) folles d) fol les _____ ordinateurs a) nouveau b) nouvels c) nouvelles d) nouveaux

16. Mini Quiz Pt.2 • 40th in French is • Quarantième • Quarantuième • 5th in French is • Cinqième • Cinquième

17. Answers • 40th in French is • a) Quarantième • b) Quarantuième • 5th in French is • a) Cinqième • b) Cinquième