Bien Dit 1 Chapter 3.1

Bien Dit 1 Chapter 3.1

Les déscriptions

Les adjectifs - describe what someone looks like or thier personality. In French, adjective agreement (with the noun) is required.

• Adjectives must agree in gender - masculine or feminine forms

• Adjectives must agree in number - singular or plural forms

Multiple Select

In French, adjectives must agree with the noun in...

• size

• gender

• argument

• number

Most nouns are made feminine by adding -e to the masculine form.

• brun becomes brune

• petit becomes petite

Multiple Choice

What is the feminine form of grand?

• grands

• grande

• grand

• gran

Most nouns are made plural by adding an -s to the masculine or feminine singular form of the adjective.

• brun becomes bruns

• brune becomes brunes

Multiple Choice

What is the plural form of forte?

• fort

• forté

• fortes

• forts

Some adjectives are irregular and do not follow these rules.

• Masculine adjectives ending in -if change to -ive in the feminine form.

• Masuline adjectives ending in -eux change to -euse in the feminine form.

Multiple Choice

What is the feminine form of créatif?

• créatif

• créatifs

• créative

• creativo

Multiple Choice

What is the feminine form of sérieux?

• sérieuse

• sérieux

• sérif

• sérive

Some adjectives are the same in the masculine and feminine. If the masculine form ends in -e (unaccented) the feminine stays the same.

• timide

• mince

• pénible

Some adjectives have irregular plural forms

• Masculine adjectives ending in -x stay the same

• Masculine adjectives ending in -eau add -x for the plural form

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Adjective placement

• Regular adjectives are placed AFTER the noun they describe which is opposite to how we place them in English

• the creative boy = le garçon créatif

• the strong girl = la fille forte

être = to be

This is a common French verb used to describe people and things. The conjugation is irregular and it is important that you memorize it.

To conjugate:

• je suis - I am

• tu es - you are

• il est/ elle est/ on est - he is/ she is/ one is

• nous sommes - we are

• vous êtes - you (all) are

• ils sont/ elles sont - they are