French Vocabulary: Descriptive Terms and Possessive Adjectives
Vocabulary of Adjectives in French
Caring and Thoughtful
- attentionné/attentionnée: This adjective translates to "caring" or "thoughtful" in English. The masculine form is attentionné and the feminine form is attentionnée.
- calme: This is the French word for "calm", used in both masculine and feminine contexts.
- charmant/charmante: This adjective means "charming", with charmant being the masculine form and charmante the feminine form.
- compréhensif/compréhensive: This translates as "understanding", with compréhensif for masculine and compréhensive for feminine.
- doux/douce: The word means "sweet" or "kind", where doux is the masculine form, and douce is the feminine.
Possessive Adjectives
- ton: This possessive adjective means "your" (masculine singular, informal).
- ta: The feminine singular informal form for "your" is ta.
- tes: This is the plural informal form of "your".
- son: This indicates possession, meaning "his" or "hers" and used in masculine contexts.
- sa: The feminine counterpart meaning "his" or "hers".
Traits Describing Personality
- embêtant/embêtante: This means "annoying", with embêtant for masculine and embêtante for feminine.
- énergique: The term translates to "energetic" and is used in a gender-neutral manner.
- enjoué/enjouée: Meaning "playful", with enjoué for masculine and enjouée for feminine.
- gâté/gâtée: This word refers to someone who is "spoiled", with the masculine form being gâté and the feminine gâtée.
- généreux/généreuse: Translating to "generous", with généreux as the masculine form and généreuse as the feminine.
Kindness and Behavioral Traits
- gentil/gentille: This word signifies "nice" or "kind" in both male (gentil) and female (gentille) forms.
- honnête/honnête: Meaning "honest" and used for both genders without changes.
- impatient/impatiente: This translates to "impatient" with the masculine being impatient and feminine impatiente.
- impoli/impolie: The term means "impolite", with the masculine form being impoli and the feminine being impolie.
- joyeux/joyeuse: This adjective translates to "joyful", with joyeux for males and joyeuse for females.
Humor and Sociability
- marrant/marrante: This translates to "funny" where marrant is for masculine and marrante is for feminine.
- patient/patiente: Meaning "patient", with patient as masculine and patiente as feminine.
- sage: This term means "well-behaved" and does not change with gender.
- sensible: Meaning "sensitive" and remains the same regardless of gender.
- sociable: This adjective translates as "sociable" and does not change form.
Friendly and Peaceful Traits
- sympathique (sympa): This word means "nice" or "friendly" and can be used for both genders.
- tranquille: This means "calm", "quiet", or "peaceful", used in a gender-neutral manner.
Possessive Pronouns
- mon: This means "my" in the masculine form.
- ma: The feminine singular form of "my" is ma.
- mes: This is the plural form of "my" and is used for both genders.