Agreement of adjectives and past participles Flashcards

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What do adjectives do?

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Agree with nouns or pronouns in gender and number

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How to formulate the regular feminine?

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Masculine + e

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When does the last consonant double?

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When the adjective ends in -el, -eil, -ien and -on

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Masculine: bas

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Feminine: basse

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Masculine: beau

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Feminine: belle

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Masculine: blanc

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Feminine: blanche

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Masculine: favori

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Feminine: favorite

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Masculine: fou

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Feminine: folle

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Masculine: frais

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Feminine: fraîche

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Masculine: gentil

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Feminine: gentille

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Masculine: grec

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Feminine: grecque

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Masculine: long

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Feminine: longue

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Masculine: mou

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Feminine: molle

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Masculine: nouveau

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Feminine: nouvelle

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Masculine: public

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Feminine: publique

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Masculine: roux

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Feminine: rousse

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Masculine: sec

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Feminine: sèche

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When placed before the noun, the singular form of these adjectives changes: beau ->

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When placed before the noun, the singular form of these adjectives changes: vieux ->

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When placed before the noun, the singular form of these adjectives changes: nouveau ->

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When placed before the noun, the singular form of these adjectives changes: fou ->

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When placed before the noun, the singular form of these adjectives changes: mou ->

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What are some invariable adjectives?

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Some of colour: marron, orange, crème and adjectives with clair and foncé

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The four indefinite pronouns are always…

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Masculine, they require de before the adjective

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When an adjective modifies several nouns of mixed genders...
The masculine prevails
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When a plural adjective is placed before the noun...
Des becomes de
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Demonstrative adjectives
Ce, cet, cette, ces
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Demonstrative adjectives: my
Mon, ma, mes
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Demonstrative adjectives: your (sg)
Ton, ta, tes
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Demonstrative adjectives: his, her, its
Son, sa, ses
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Demonstrative adjectives: our
Notre, nos
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Demonstrative adjectives: your (pl)
Votre, vos
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Demonstrative adjectives: their
Leur, leurs
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What does the french focus on...
French focuses on the gender and number of the things possessed not the possessor
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French does not distinguish between...
His, her, its
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What is a past participle?
A verb form in compound tenses
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What can past participles be used as?
Adjectives
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When does the participle, used with auxiliary être, agree with the subject?
In the perfect tenses and the passive
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What does the past participle, used with the auxiliary avoir, agree with?
The preceding direct object
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What do reflexive and reciprocal verbs agree with?
The preceding direct object