Adjective Agreement (-EUX)

Adjective Agreement (-EUX)

Regular and (some) Irregular Agreement

​Basic Adjective Agreement Review:

​The adjective form that I give you, will ALWAYS be in the MASCULINE, SINGULAR form, unless otherwise stated.

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​We have 4 Agreement Types:

• ​Masculine Singular

• ​Feminine Singular

• ​Masculine Plural

• ​Feminine Plural

Multiple Choice

What do we add to make an adjective MASCULINE PLURAL?:

• E

• ES

• S

• nothing

Multiple Choice

What do we add to make an adjective FEMININE SINGULAR?:

• E

• ES

• S

• nothing

Multiple Choice

What do we add to make an adjective FEMININE PLURAL?:

• E

• ES

• S

• nothing

Multiple Choice

What do we add to make an adjective MASCULINE SINGULAR?:

• E

• ES

• S

• nothing

Très Bien! Now we're moving on to....

Adjectives that end in -EUX in the masculine singular form. We can no longer add just an "E" to the feminine singular form.

​We have 4 Agreement Types:

• ​Masculine Singular: -EUX

• ​Feminine Singular: -EUSE

• ​Masculine Plural: -EUX

• ​Feminine Plural: -EUSES

Multiple Choice

Make heureux MASCULINE SINGULAR?:

• heureux

• heureuxe

• heureuse

• heureuses

Multiple Choice

Make heureux FEMININE SINGULAR?:

• heureux

• heureuxe

• heureuse

• heureuses

Multiple Choice

Make heureux MASCULINE PLURAL?:

• heureux

• heureuxs

• heureuse

• heureuses

Multiple Choice

Make heureux FEMININE PLURAL?:

• heureux

• heureuxes

• heureuse

• heureuses

Fantastique! We have a total of 3 adjectives that end in -EUX

1. ​Heureux (happy)

2. ​Généreux (generous)

3. ​Paresseux (lazy)

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​However, there are many adjectives in French that follow these same rules.

Maintenant, il y a un adjectif très irregulier:

​BEAU

1. ​Masculine Singular: BEAU

2. ​Feminine Singular: BELLE

3. ​Masculine Plural: -BEAUX

4. ​Feminine Plural: -BELLES