DES ADJECTIFS

• TO FORM FEMININE

  1. ADD 'E'
  2. CHANGE '-f' TO '-ve'
  3. CHANGE '-x' TO '-se'
  4. CHANGE '-er' TO '-ère'
  5. ENDS IN '-en / -on', ADD 'ne'
  6. ENDS IN '-e', DO NOTHING
• LES IRRÉGULIERS

  • blanc, blanche, white
  • bon, bonne, good
  • doux, douce, soft
  • fou, folle, mad
  • gentil, gentille, nice
  • gros, grosse, big
  • long, longue, long
  • sec, sèche, dry
• TO FORM PLURALS?

  add s, except to those ending in s, x, z
• MASCULINE PLURAL -al CHANGES TO -aux
• 'prochain' and 'dernier' go after the noun in phrases with time
• BAGS (beauty, age, bad, good, size)?


  before noun
• (BAGS) big?

  grand, grande, grands, grandes
• (BAGS) small?

  petit, petite, petits, petites
• (BAGS) old?

  vieux, vieille, vieux, vieilles
• new?

  nouveau, nouvelle, nouveaux, nouvelles
• beautiful?

  beau/bel, belle, beaux, belles
• pretty?

  joli, jolie, jolis, jolies
• BEAU, NOUVEAU and VIEUX change to BEL, NOUVEL and VIEIL, before masc nouns beginning with vowels or a silent h