8.8.1

Agreement

Test yourself

Adjectives Must Agree

Adjectives are describing words, they agree when they are describing things.

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Common adjectives

  • Beau/belle - beautiful.
  • Triste - sad.
  • Normal(e) - normal.
  • Intéressant(e) - interesting.
  • Affreux/affreuse - awful.
  • Long(ue) - long.
  • Facile - easy.
  • Difficile - difficult.
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Singular

  • In French, adjectives agree with the gender and the quantity of the noun.
  • When it is masculine singular, they never change, for feminine singular you normally add an 'e', (unless it already has an 'e').
    • Le film intéressant - the interesting film.
    • La piste intéressante - the interesting approach.
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Plural

  • For masculine plural you just add an 's', for feminine plural you add 'es'.
    • Les films intéressants - the interesting films.
    • Les pistes intéressantes - the interesting approaches.

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3The World Around Us

4The World of Work

5The International World

6Common Tenses

7Advanced Tenses

8Extra Grammar

8.1Articles

8.2The Passive Voice

8.3Pronouns

8.4Asking Questions

8.5Nouns

8.6Prepositions

8.7Adverbs

8.8Adjectives

8.9Negative

8.10Conjunctions

8.11Miscellaneous

8.12Verbs

8.13Numbers

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