NOTE DE GRAMMAIRE – More irregular adjectives!
1/ SOME adjectives NEVER change form (no matter what person(s) you are describing). They are:
– cool
– chic (trendy/ in style)
– orange
– marron
We NEVER add any endings to these adjectives (No “e”, no “s”, etc.)
2/ The French adjectives for beautiful, new and old are all irregular. They also come BEFORE the nouns they describe.
Here is a chart to help…(you will need to memorize these forms)
|
MASCULINE singular (before a consonant) |
MASCULINE singular (before a vowel) |
MASCULINE plural |
FEMININE singular |
FEMININE plural |
|
Beau |
Bel |
Beaux |
Belle |
Belles |
|
Nouveau |
Nouvel |
Nouveaux |
Nouvelle |
Nouvelles |
|
Vieux |
Vieil |
Vieux |
Vieille |
Vieilles |
Exemples:
J’ai une belle voiture.
Tu as un nouvel ordinateur.
Cédric a de vieux posters. (Why is it “de” instead of “des”? Read here for more info, but when you have an adjective that comes before the noun, “des” changes to “de”, as well as with some adverbs. But don’t worry about that for now!)
Exercice:
Complete the sentences.
1/ Patricia a… a. vieille télévision. 2/ Thomas a un… b. beaux. 3/ Corinne et Emma… c. de beaux yeux. 4/ Caroline est une… d. nouvel ordinateur. 5/ Guillaume et Paul sont… e. belle fille. 6/ Alexandre a une… f. ont les yeux marron.