Grammar ~ Adjective Agreement

Question 1

With many adjectives, to use the feminine, you do what with the masculine adjective?

Answer 1

Add an “e”

Question 2

Would you pronounce the “t” at the end of an adjective?
(“Intelligent”)?

Answer 2

No

Question 3

So, do you pronounce the “t” at the end of a feminine adjective, like
“Intelligente”?

Answer 3

Yes, you do pronounce the “t”.

Question 4

With adjectives like“occupé”, “poli” and “réservé”, when you make it feminine, by adding an “e” at the end, how does the pronunciation of the word change?

Answer 4

It actually doesn’t.

Question 5

When does the adjective’s ending NOT change when switching from a singular to a plural form?

Hint: an example would be “difficile”.

Answer 5

The adjective’s ending doesn’t change when the MASCULINE form of an adjective already ends in an UNACCENTED “e” (such as in the words “masculine”, “désagréable”, “difficile”, “optimiste” and others.

Question 6

How do you change a masculine adjective to a feminine one (mostly)

(Example: “brillant”)

Answer 6

Add an “e” at the end

(“brillante”)

Question 7

With adjectives ending in “eux”, like “heureux”:

1. How do you make it feminine?
2. How do you make it masculine plural?
3. How do you make it feminine plural?

Answer 7

1. “heureuse”
2. “heureux”
3. “heureuses”

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