Les adjectifs BAGS

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How to describe clothing

using more adjectives

Most adjectives in French go AFTER the noun:

Exemples:

a purple dress →

une robe violette

green socks →

des chaussettes vertes

black and grey shorts →

un short noir et gris

*Remember: Adjectives must agree with nouns that they modify!*

all colors go
after the noun
they are
describing!

More adjectives that go after the noun :

Adjectif

masculin

féminin

short

court

courte

long

long

longue

expensive

cher

chère

reasonably priced

bon marché ***

bon marché ***

ugly

moche

moche

Poll

Would you rather have the ability to see

• 10 years into the future?

• 10 months into the future?

a short skirt : une jupe courte

a long skirt : une jupe longue

an expensive purse : un sac à main cher

a reasonably priced purse : un sac à main
bon marché

an ugly purse : un sac à main moche

Multiple Choice

short shorts =

• un short court

• un short courte

Multiple Choice

an ugly bathing suit =

• un maillot de bain moche

• un maillot de bain moches

• un moche maillot de bain

Multiple Choice

an expensive jacket =

• une veste chère

• une veste cher

Multiple Choice

reasonably priced boots =

• des bottes bon marché

• des bottes bon marchées

• des bon marché bottes

Multiple Choice

a long dress =

• une robe longue

• une robe long

• une longue robe

Poll

Would you rather never be able to go out

• during the day?

• during the night?

Some adjectives go BEFORE the noun:

these are
called BAGS
adjectives!

Beauty
Age
Goodness
Size

B is for BAGS and B is for Before ;)

When you place adjectives before a noun you end up

with:

Masculine Before a Vowel (MBV)

beau → bel

nouveau → nouvel

vieux → vieil

un bel anorak

un nouvel anorak

un vieil anorak

un bel homme

un nouvel étudiant

un vieil homme

un bel ami

un nouvel ami

un vieil ami

Multiple Choice

a new shirt =

• une nouvelle chemise

• une chemise nouvelle

Multiple Choice

an old hat =

• un vieux chapeau

• un chapeau vieux

Multiple Choice

a pretty skirt =

• une jolie jupe

• une jupe jolie

Reorder

Reorder the following : reasonably priced basketball sneakers

• des

• baskets

• bon

• marché

1

2

3

4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Reorder

Reorder the following : beautiful dress shoes

• des

• belles

• chaussures

1

2

3

• 1
• 2
• 3

Reorder

Reorder the following : a large sweatshirt

• un

• grand

• sweat

1

2

3

• 1
• 2
• 3

Poll

Would you rather have ...

• a personal stylist

• a personal maid

Reorder

Reorder the following : new sunglasses

• des

• nouvelles

• lunettes

• de

• soleil

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Reorder the following : old black tennis shoes

• des

• vieux

• tennis

• noirs

1

2

3

4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Reorder

Reorder the following : a new expensive tank top

• un

• nouveau

• débardeur

• cher

1

2

3

4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Reorder

Reorder the following : a beautiful long dress coat

• un

• beau

• manteau

• long

1

2

3

4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Poll

On a scale of 1 to 5 how well did you understand today's lesson?

• 1 (not at all)

• 2 (not really)

• 3 (kind of)

• 4 (I think I got it)

• 5 (I got it!)