La mode

Titre : La mode

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Title : La mode

Talking about the clothes I wear and their colour

Je porte un pantalon noir

I wear black trousers

In French the colour (adjective) comes after the piece of clothing (noun).

Je porte un manteau bleu

I wear a blue coat

In French the colour (adjective) comes after the piece of clothing (noun).

Je porte un pull rouge

I wear a red jumper

In French the colour (adjective) comes after the piece of clothing (noun).

Je porte un costume gris

I wear a grey suit

In French the colour (adjective) comes after the piece of clothing (noun).

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I

• Jé

• Je

• il

• Jè

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I wear

• Je porte

• Je wear

• Jai porte

• Je porté

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a yellow jumper

• un pull jauné

• a jaun pull

• un jaune pull

• un pull jaune

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a green suit

• costume je vert

• un costume vert

• un vert costume

• un verte costume

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Un jogging bleu

• A tracksuit blue

• A green tracksuit

• A blue tracksuit

• A bleu shirt

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Un pull orange

• A red jumper

• A jumper orange

• A grey jumper

• An orange jumper

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I wear a red coat

• Jé porté un manteau rouge.

• Je porte un manteau rouge.

• Je porté un rouge manteau.

• Je rouge manteau porte.

Feminine vs Masculine

In French, words are either feminine or masculine.

(1) un manteau

(2) une chemise

In sentence (2), "une chemise" is feminine (it ends with -e).

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une chemise

un pantalon

une ceinture

une casquette

un jogging

une robe

une cravate

un pull

une montre

un sweat a capuche

Feminine vs Masculine

In French, words are either feminine or masculine and this has an impact on the adjective.

(1) Je porte un manteau vert.

(2) Je porte une chemise verte.

In sentence (2), "une chemise" is feminine so I add an -e at the end of the colour (adjective).

Feminine vs Masculine

BUT if the colour already ends with -e, I do not change it.

(1) Je porte un manteau jaune.

(2) Je porte une chemise jaune.

In sentence (2), "une chemise" is feminine but jaune already ends with -e so I do not change it, it stays the same.

Plural vs singular

Words can either be singular (one item) or plural (multiple items).

(1) Un pull

(2) Des pulls

Sentence (2), is plural (-ends with an -s)

Plural vs singular

(1) Je porte un pull vert.

(2) Je porte des pulls verts.

Sentence (4), is feminine and plural (-ends with -es)

In French, words are either feminine/masculine, plural/singular and this has an impact on the colour (adjective).

(3) Je porte une chemise verte.

(4) Je porte des chemises vertes.

Je porte une cravate verte.

I wear a green tie.

In French the colour (adjective) comes after the piece of clothing (noun) + changes if the piece of clothing is feminine (add -e).

Je porte des gants verts.

I wear green gloves.

In French the colour (adjective) comes after the piece of clothing (noun) + changes if the piece of clothing is plural (add -s).

Je porte des lunettes bleues.

I wear blue glasses.

In French the colour (adjective) comes after the piece of clothing (noun) + changes if the piece of clothing is feminine and plural (add -es).

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What happens to the colour when it follows a feminine adjective.

• We add -es at the end (noir becomes noires)

• We add an -s at the end (noir becomes noire)

• We don't do anything

• We add an -e at the end (noir become noire)

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What happens to the colour when it follows a plural adjective.

• We add -es at the end (noir becomes noires)

• We add an -s at the end (noir becomes noirs)

• We don't do anything

• We add an -e at the end (noir become noire)

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What happens to the colour when it follows a feminine + plural adjective.

• We add -es at the end (noir becomes noires)

• We add an -s at the end (noir becomes noire)

• We don't do anything

• We add an -e at the end (noir become noire)

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What happens to the colour when it follows a feminine colour but the colour itself already ends with -e.

• We add -es at the end (noir becomes noires)

• We add an -s at the end (noir becomes noire)

• We don't do anything

• We add an -e at the end (noir become noire)

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Which one is correct ?

• Je porte une casquette bleus

• Je porte une casquette bleu

• Je porte une casquette bleues

• Je porte une casquette bleue

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• Je porte des gants vert

• Je porte des gants verte

• Je porte des gants verts

• Je porte des gants vertes

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• Je porte des lunettes grises

• Je porte des lunettes grise

• Je porte des lunettes gris

• Je porte des lunettes grisse

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Which one is correct ?

• Je porte une jupe orangee

• Je porte une jupe orange

• Je porte une jupe oranges

• Je porte une jupe orangs