Adjectives Must Agree
French: KS3, topic 2.1.4
Adjectives Must Agree
Adjectives are describing words. In French, the endings of adjectives are often different if they are describing something masculine or feminine or if they are describing more than one of a thing.
Common adjectives
- Beau/belle - beautiful.
- Triste - sad.
- Normal/normale - normal.
- Intéressant - interesting.
- Affreux/affreuse - awful.
- Long/longue - long.
- Facile - easy.
- Difficile - difficult.
Singular
- When it is masculine singular, they never change, for feminine singular you normally add an 'e', (.
- Le film intéressant - the interesting film.
- La piste intéressante - the interesting track.
- Unless the adjective already has an 'e', in which case masculine and feminine are identical.
- Le film triste - the sad film.
- La chanson triste - the sad song.
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 tracks.
Test yourself on Adjectives Must Agree
The word 'book' is masculine in French. How do you say 'the interesting book' in French?
How do you say 'sad' in the masculine singular in French?