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Les adjectifs

Les adjectifs. Or describing words. ADJECTIVES are words that describe nouns i.e. People , places, and things. In French, MASCULINE adjectives are used with masculine nouns, and FEMININE adjectives are used with feminine nouns. This is called NOUN - ADJECTIVE AGREEMENT.

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Les adjectifs

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  1. Les adjectifs Or describing words.

  2. ADJECTIVES are words that describe nouns i.e. People, places, and things. • In French, MASCULINE adjectives are used with masculine nouns, and FEMININE adjectives are used with feminine nouns. This is called NOUN-ADJECTIVEAGREEMENT.

  3. Les adjectifs: masculin et féminin • Compare the forms of the adjectives in heavy print as they describe masculine and feminine nouns. MASCULINE FEMININE • Le scooter estpetit. La voitureestpetite. • Patrick estintelligent. Caroline estintelligente. • L’ordinateurestmoderne. La téléestmoderne.

  4. Les adjectifs: masculin et féminin A In written French, feminine adjectives are usually formed as follows: MASCULINE ADJECTIVE + -e =FEMININE ADJECTIVE If the masculine adjective ends in -e, there is no change in the feminine form. Jérômeesttimide. Juliette esttimide. Adjectives that follow the above patterns are called REGULAR adjectives. Those that do not are called IRREGULAR adjectives. For example: Marc estbeau. Sylvie estbelle. Paul estcanadien. Marie estcanadienne. Continued...

  5. NOTE French dictionaries list adjectives by their masculine forms. For irregular adjectives, the feminine form is indicated in parentheses. NOTES DE PRONONCIATION: • If the masculine form of an adjective ends in a silent consonant, that consonant is pronounced in the feminine form. • If the masculine form of an adjective ends in a vowel or a pronounced consonant, the masculine and feminine forms sound the same. DIFFERENT PRONUNCIATION SAME PRONUNCIATION petit petite timidetimide blond blonde jolijolie françaisfrançaiseespagnolespagnole

  6. Les adjectifs: le pluriel B In written French, plural adjectives are usually formed as follows: SINGULAR ADJECTIVE + -s =PLURAL ADJECTIVE If the masculine singular adjective already ends in -s, there is no change in the plural form. Patrick est français. Patrick et Daniel sont français. BUT: Anne est française. Anne et Alice sont françaises. NOTE DE PRONONCIATION: Because the final -s of plural adjectives is silent, singular and plural adjectives sound the same. Continued...

  7. Les adjectifs: formes et position C POSITION Most adjectives come AFTER the noun they modify. J’ai des amissympathiques. I have some nice/kind friends Mesparents ontunevoiturejaponaise. My parents have a Japanese car

  8. Les adjectifs: formes et position B POSITION However, the following adjectives usually come BEFORE the noun they describe: BBeauty: joli (e), beau, belle Ex: Tu as unejolievoiture. A Age: Jeune≠vieux, vieille, nouveau, nouvelle ex: J’ai un vieuxvélo. G Goodness: bon, bonne ≠mauvais(e) Ex: Claire estunebonneélève S Size: Grand (e) ≠ petit (e). Ex: mesvoisinsontune petite voiture )

  9. Les adjectifs B The adjectives beau, nouveau, and vieuxbecome: bel, nouvel, and vieil before a vowel sound. EX: un belappartement un nouvelami un vieilhomme

  10. Quelquesadjectifsirréguliers D Many irregular adjectives follow predictable patterns: Adjectives in -eux MASCULINE FEMININE Alain est sérieux.Alice est sérieuse. -eux -euse SINGULAR Ses amis sont sérieux.Ses amies sont sérieuses. -eux -euses PLURAL Continued...

  11. Quelquesadjectifsirréguliers D Adjectives in -al MASCULINE FEMININE Paul est original.Valérie est originale. -al -ale SINGULAR Il a des amis originaux.Elle a des amies originales. -aux -ales PLURAL Continued...

  12. Quelquesadjectifsirréguliers D Adjectives with irregular feminine forms. MASCULINE FEMININE -if -ive Paul est actif. Sylvie est active. Éric est ponctuel. Sa soeur est ponctuelle. -el -elle -onne Ce sandwich est bon. Cette glace est bonne. -on -en -enne Marc est canadien. Alice est canadienne.

  13. Use the words provided below to create sentences. Remember to add verbs (AvoirouEtre) Where needed. Exemple: Je/amies/intelligent J’ai des amiesintelligentes. 1- Marc/chien/méchant. Marc a un méchantchien/ (méchant widely used) 2- Chloé et Véronique/filles/mexicainEllessont des fillesmexicaines. 3- Je/élève/poli ________________________________________ 4- Vous/étudiants/amusant ________________________________________ 5- Nous/ordinateurs/japonais __________________________________________ 6- Margot et Claire/filles/français ___________________________________________ 7- Caroline/fille/sportif _____________________________________________

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