French Adjectives
Demonstrative adjectives
These are used to point out the person(s) or thing(s) being referred to. These forms are as follows: adjective | Masculine sing. | Feminine sing. | Masculine plural | Feminine plural | This, these | Ce, cest | Cette | Ces | ces | That, those | Ce, cest | Cette | Ces | Ces | Examples:
This pen – ce stylo these desks – ces pupitres
That jacket – cette veste those desks – ces pupitre
Iterrogative Adjectives
They serve to ask questions. The form quel , quelle , quells , quelles , and they translate ‘what? or ‘which’ before a noun. Which boy? Quel garcon? Which/what bikes? Quels velos? What girl? Quelle fille Which/What cars? Quelles voitures?
Negative adjectives Aucun and aucune are used to translate no, not any.
No man enters without knocking Aucun homme n’ entre sans frapper The records have no importance les disques n’ont aucune importance.
Indefinite adjectives
Chaque each, every
Tel, telle such(a)
Plusieurs several
Tout, toute, tous, toutes all, every
Quelque,quelques some, a few
Descriptive adjectives
These adjectives describe things , people and people. They are usually placed after the noun they describe. They agree in gender and number with the noun they describe. Agreement
To become feminine, most adjectives add an -e to the masculine form, and to become plural most add –s. when an adjective describes a plural noun of a mixed gender, it uses the masculine plural form. Example: an intelligent boy and girl un garcon et une fille intelligents.
Example 2 : a small book un petit livre (masc. sing.)
A small house une petite maison (fem. Sing.)
Three small books
These are used to point out the person(s) or thing(s) being referred to. These forms are as follows: adjective | Masculine sing. | Feminine sing. | Masculine plural | Feminine plural | This, these | Ce, cest | Cette | Ces | ces | That, those | Ce, cest | Cette | Ces | Ces | Examples:
This pen – ce stylo these desks – ces pupitres
That jacket – cette veste those desks – ces pupitre
Iterrogative Adjectives
They serve to ask questions. The form quel , quelle , quells , quelles , and they translate ‘what? or ‘which’ before a noun. Which boy? Quel garcon? Which/what bikes? Quels velos? What girl? Quelle fille Which/What cars? Quelles voitures?
Negative adjectives Aucun and aucune are used to translate no, not any.
No man enters without knocking Aucun homme n’ entre sans frapper The records have no importance les disques n’ont aucune importance.
Indefinite adjectives
Chaque each, every
Tel, telle such(a)
Plusieurs several
Tout, toute, tous, toutes all, every
Quelque,quelques some, a few
Descriptive adjectives
These adjectives describe things , people and people. They are usually placed after the noun they describe. They agree in gender and number with the noun they describe. Agreement
To become feminine, most adjectives add an -e to the masculine form, and to become plural most add –s. when an adjective describes a plural noun of a mixed gender, it uses the masculine plural form. Example: an intelligent boy and girl un garcon et une fille intelligents.
Example 2 : a small book un petit livre (masc. sing.)
A small house une petite maison (fem. Sing.)
Three small books