Rules for plurality and singular and feminine/masc - pages 76-81

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where does the adjective go, what happens to it?

after the noun, modified by the noun (in plurality and gender)

most of the time to make an adjective feminine you…

add an e. the exception is ier, er, eur, teur, eux, if

ier ending changed to feminine:

ière

er ending changed to feminine:

ère

ier ending changed to feminine:

eur ending changed to feminine:

euse

teur ending changed to feminine:

trice

eux ending changed to feminine:

euse

if ending changed to feminine:

ive

if an adjective ends with a consonant how do you change it for the feminine?

you double the consonant and add an e

Consonant n change

nne

Consonant l change

lle

Consonant s change

sse

Consonant t change

tte

Consonant il change

lle

exceptions for the cosonant rule: these adjectives end in et: complet, discret, secret, inquiet. what do they change to?

et to ète

so:

complète, discrète, secrète, inquiète

know this for the test BAGS: these are the French adjectives are placed before the noun they modify

beau, joli, jeune, vieux, nouveau, bon, mauvais, petits, grand

concentrate on: beau, vieux, nouveau

beau: bel, belle, beaux, belles

vieux: vieille, vieil, vieux, vieilles

nouveau: nouvel, nouvelle, nouveaux, nouvelles

irregular adjectives that change will be on this knowt: click for link

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to form the plural for most adjectives just add an ___ to the masculine or feminine singular form, unless the adjective ends with a ___ (in that case you ___)

to form the plural for most adjectives just add an “s” to the masculine or feminine singular form, unless the adjective ends with a “s” (in that case you don’t change it to make it plural)

Adjectives that end with al or au are ___ in the plural form…

Adjectives that end with al or au take the form of aux in the plural form…

in general, we place the adjective (before/after) the word it modifies

after

in general, we place the adjective after the word it modifies

however, some adjectives do not go after the noun. what are these adjectives?

autre, beau, bon, gentil, grand, gros, haut, jeune, joli, long, mauvais, nouveau, petit, vieux (all BANG)

if two adjectives are placed before (or after) the noun they modify, we link them with “et” if

the two adjectives are of equal importance

ex: c’est un appartement spacieux et élégant

with two adjectives, order rules

STILL APPLY

bangs before noun

all others after

If one of the adjectives is more closely associated with the noun than the other, that adjective is placed…

next to the noun, after the first adjective.

if there is a vowel at the start of a noun, beau, nouveau, vieux take the form of

bel, nouvel, vieil

ancien before noun meaning

former

ancien after noun meaning

old

brave before noun meaning

good

brave after noun meaning

brave

certain before noun meaning

certain

certain after noun meaning

definite

cher before noun meaning

dear

cher after noun meaning

expensive

différent before noun meaning

various

différent after noun meaning

different kind of ____

grand before noun meaning

great

grand after noun meaning

tall

propre before noun meaning

own

propre after noun meaning

clean

adjectives dernier (last) and prochain (next) are placed ___ expressions of time such as: an, année, semaine, mois

after

adjectives dernier (last) and prochain (next) are placed after expressions of time such as: an, année, semaine, mois

they are placed ____ expressions that use storytelling sequence like I visited the louvre during my last week in paris, or this ___ happens at the last station of the metro.

before!

they are placed ____ expressions that use storytelling sequence like I visited the louvre during my last week in paris, or this ___ happens at the last station of the metro.

what does avoir l’air mean?

to look like

how to use avoir l’air:

avoir un air + adjective

unless you want to say all in the sentence

like all these neighborhoods look like ….

then you would put tout/tous/etc after avoir, in front of un

what does rendre +adjectif mean

make someone/something an adjective