Les adjectifs réguliers et irréguliers

1. Les adjectifs réguliers et irréguliers

2. What you will learn • To be able to explain what an adjective is • To form a regular and irregular adjective in French • To use the correct agreements • To place an adjective in the correct position in a sentence

3. Les adjectifs réguliers et irréguliers As you know, an adjective is a describing word. Adjectives give us more information aboutnouns. Colours are adjectives. Les murs bleus. Ma is a possessive adjective. For example: in << machambre >>, ma tells us who the bedroom belongs to.

4. As all nouns in French are masculine, feminine, singular or plural, the adjective must agree withthe noun it is describing. If the noun is masculine, the adjective must be masculine. This means that no letter is added tothe adjective: For example: Le grand lit

5. If the noun is feminine, the letter e is added to the adjective: La grandechambre If the noun is plural, we add s to the masculine or feminine form of the adjective: Les grands lits Les grandes chambres Quelle est la forme féminine des adjectives ? grand grande petit petite bleu bleue

6. However, some adjectives are irregular, which means that we also need to make other changesto their spelling: 1. If an adjective already ends in e, we do not make any change to make it feminine. For example: le jeune garçon la jeune fille 2. If an adjective ends in er, it becomes ère in the feminine. For example: Cher Jean Chère Sophie dernier dernière premier première fier fière

7. 3. If an adjective ends in if, it becomes ive in the feminine. For example: sportif sportive actif active 4. If an adjective ends in eux, it becomes euse in the feminine. For example: généreux généreuse paresseux paresseuse

8. Some adjectives double the last letter and add e in the feminine. bon bonne gentil gentille gros grosse Some adjectives change completely. beau belle fou folle long longue vieux vieille blanc blanche doux douce • Some adjectives do not change at all: they remain the same for the masculine and feminine,singular or plural. These are known as invariable adjectives. • marron Elle a les yeux marron. • noisette Il a les cheveux noisette. • orange Elles ont les cheveux orange. • sympa Ils sont sympa.

9. Les adjectifs qui précèdent les noms Most adjectives come after the noun they are describing – but there are exceptions to the rule. Some adjectives come before the noun. First, there are, of course, the numbers: Un hommeDeux voitures Then, there are a number of frequently used adjectives, which are generally short.These can be divided into four groups: to remember them, think of BAGS: B beauty: beau joli Aage: jeune vieux nouveau G good and bad: bon mauvaisgentil S size: gros grand petit longhaut court

10. Les paires opposes nouveau petit nouvelle court courte noir noire actif active mauvais bonne vieux grand vieille long longue blanc blanche paresseux paresseuse bon mauvaise

11. Choisissez la forme correcte des adjectifs. • J’ai les yeux (vert) • Réponse : • verts • Elle est (grand) • Réponse : • grande • Le prof est (furieux) • Réponse : • furieux • La fille habite dans la maison (blanc) • Réponse : • blanche • Le (petit) garçon est sympa • Réponse : • petit

12. Can you … ? • Explain what an adjective is • Form a regular and irregular adjective in French • Use the correct agreements • Place an adjective in the correct position in a sentence