Agreement of adjectives and past participles Flashcards
What do adjectives do?
Agree with nouns or pronouns in gender and number
How to formulate the regular feminine?
Masculine + e
When does the last consonant double?
When the adjective ends in -el, -eil, -ien and -on
Masculine: bas
Feminine: basse
Masculine: beau
Feminine: belle
Masculine: blanc
Feminine: blanche
Masculine: favori
Feminine: favorite
Masculine: fou
Feminine: folle
Masculine: frais
Feminine: fraîche
Masculine: gentil
Feminine: gentille
Masculine: grec
Feminine: grecque
Masculine: long
Feminine: longue
Masculine: mou
Feminine: molle
Masculine: nouveau
Feminine: nouvelle
Masculine: public
Feminine: publique
Masculine: roux
Feminine: rousse
Masculine: sec
Feminine: sèche
When placed before the noun, the singular form of these adjectives changes: beau ->
Bel
When placed before the noun, the singular form of these adjectives changes: vieux ->
Vieil
When placed before the noun, the singular form of these adjectives changes: nouveau ->
Nouvel
When placed before the noun, the singular form of these adjectives changes: fou ->
Fol
When placed before the noun, the singular form of these adjectives changes: mou ->
Mol
What are some invariable adjectives?
Some of colour: marron, orange, crème and adjectives with clair and foncé
The four indefinite pronouns are always…
Masculine, they require de before the adjective