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Les adjectifs (FR8)
Review and placement of regular and irregular adjectives in French.
Mot | Définition |
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Possessive adjectives allow you to say... | my, your, his, her, our or theirs. |
Possessive adjectives must agree with... | the thing you are describing (NOT the person speaking). |
my (m. / s.) | mon |
my (f. / s.) | ma |
my (pl.) | mes |
your (m. / s.) | ton OR votre (depending on who you are talking to) |
your (f. / s.) | ta OR votre (depending on who you are talking to) |
your (pl.) | tes OR vos (depending on who you are talking to) |
his/her (m. / s.) | son |
his/her (m./s.) | sa |
his/her (pl.) | ses |
our (s.) | notre |
our (pl.) | nos |
their (s.) | leur |
their (pl.) | leurs |
In order to make a REGULAR adjective feminine, add... | an -E. |
In order to make a REGULAR adjective plural, add... | an -S. |
In general, adjectives in French are placed... | AFTER the noun they are describing. |
Adjectives placed BEFORE the noun are called... | BAGS adjectives. |
B | Beauty (beau & joli) |
A | Age (jeune, nouveau & vieux) |
G | Goodness (bon & mauvais) |
S | Size (grand & petit) |
The MVS rule | If the word is MASCULINE, starts with a VOWEL and is SINGULAR, then we use a different spelling. |
MVS spelling of 'beau' | bel |
MVS spelling of 'nouveau' | nouvel |
MVS spelling of 'vieux' | vieil |
-EUX adjectives | -EUX (m. / s.), -EUSE (f. / s.), -EUX (m. / pl.), -EUSES (f. / pl.) |
-AL adjectives | -AL (m. / s.), -ALE (f. / s.), -AUX (m. / pl.), -ALES (f. / pl.) |
-IF adjectives | -IF (m. / s.), -IVE (f. / s.), -IFS (m. / pl.), -IVES (f. / pl.) |
-EL adjectives | -EL (m. / s.), -ELLE (f. / s.), -ELS (m. / pl.), -ELLES (f. / pl.) |
-ON adjectives | -ON (m. / s.), -ONNE (f. / s.), -ONS (m. / pl.), -ONNES (f. / pl.) |