Les adjectifs rguliers et irrguliers What you will

Les adjectifs réguliers et irréguliers

What you will learn To be able to explain what an adjective is To form a regular and irregular adjective in French To use the correct agreements To place an adjective in the correct position in a sentence 2

Les adjectifs réguliers et irréguliers As you know, an adjective is a describing word. Adjectives give us more information about nouns. Colours are adjectives. Les murs bleus. Ma is a possessive adjective. For example: in << ma chambre >>, ma tells us who the bedroom belongs to. 3

As all nouns in French are masculine, feminine, singular or plural, the adjective must agree with the noun it is describing. If the noun is masculine, the adjective must be masculine. This means that no letter is added to the adjective: For example: Le grand lit 4

If the noun is feminine, the letter e is added to the adjective: La grande chambre If the noun is plural, we add s to the masculine or feminine form of the adjective: Les grands lits Les grandes chambres Quelle est la forme féminine des adjectives ? grande petite bleue 5

However, some adjectives are irregular, which means that we also need to make other changes to their spelling: 1. If an adjective already ends in e, we do not make any change to make it feminine. For example: le jeune garçon la jeune fille 2. If an adjective ends in er, it becomes ère in the feminine. For example: Cher Jean Chère Sophie dernier dernière premier première fier fière 6

3. If an adjective ends in if, it becomes ive in the feminine. For example: sportif actif sportive active 4. If an adjective ends in eux, it becomes euse in the feminine. For example: généreux paresseux généreuse paresseuse 7

Some adjectives double the last letter and add e in the feminine. bon gentil gros bonne gentille grosse Some adjectives change completely. beau fou long vieux blanc doux belle folle longue vieille blanche douce Some adjectives do not change at all: they remain the same for the masculine and feminine, singular or plural. These are known as invariable adjectives. marron noisette orange sympa Elle a les yeux marron. Il a les cheveux noisette. Elles ont les cheveux orange. Ils sont sympa. 8

Les adjectifs qui précèdent les noms Most adjectives come after the noun they are describing – but there are exceptions to the rule. Some adjectives come before the noun. First, there are, of course, the numbers: Un homme Deux voitures Then, there a number of frequently used adjectives, which are generally short. These can be divided into four groups: to remember them, think of BAGS: B beauty: beau joli A age: jeune vieux nouveau G good and bad: bon mauvais gentil S size: gros grand petit long haut court 9

Les paires opposes nouveau petit nouvelle courte noire actif active mauvais bonne vieux grand vieille longue blanche paresseux paresseuse bon mauvaise 10

Choisissez la forme correcte des adjectifs. J’ai les yeux (vert) Réponse : verts Elle est (grand) Réponse : grande Le prof est (furieux) Réponse : furieux La fille habite dans la maison (blanc) Réponse : blanche Le (petit) garçon est sympa Réponse : petit 11

Can you … ? Explain what an adjective is Form a regular and irregular adjective in French Use the correct agreements Place an adjective in the correct position in a sentence 12