adjectives how to form them in french
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Adjectives How to form them in French. Unit 4, Lesson 11. Before we begin, what is an adjective?. An adjective describes or modifies a noun. The blue notebook The smart boy The cute dog. What is different about French adjectives?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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AdjectivesAdjectivesHow to form them in FrenchHow to form them in French
Unit 4, Lesson 11Unit 4, Lesson 11
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Before we begin, what is an Before we begin, what is an adjective?adjective?
An adjective describes or modifies a noun.An adjective describes or modifies a noun.
The The blueblue notebook notebook The The smartsmart boy boy The The cutecute dog dog
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What is different about French What is different about French adjectives?adjectives?
French adjectives must agree with the noun they are modifying.
This means that if the noun is masculine, the adjective has to be masculine.
If the noun is feminine, the adjective has to be feminine.
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Making an adjective feminine is Making an adjective feminine is easy!easy!Most of the time, you just add an “e” to the masculine form of the adjective.
Masculine Feminineblond blonde
intelligent intelligente
petit petite
Do not pronounce final consonant Pronounce the consonant sound
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QUESTION!QUESTION!What happens if the adjective What happens if the adjective
already ends in an “e?”already ends in an “e?”
Nothing changes! Don’t add an “e”…
Masculine Feminine
jeune
timide
sympathique
riche
jeune
timide
sympathique
riche
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There are exceptions to the “just There are exceptions to the “just add e” rule:add e” rule:
Masculine Feminine
beaugentil
mignoncanadien
sportif
bellegentille
mignonnecanadienne
sportive
There are many more than this. These are examples from this lesson.
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New AdjectivesNew Adjectives
Fun, AmusingFun, Amusing
amusant amusante
Masculine Feminine
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New AdjectivesNew Adjectives
IntelligentIntelligent
intelligent intelligente
Masculine Feminine
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New AdjectivesNew Adjectives
InterestingInteresting
intéressant intéressante
Masculine Feminine
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New AdjectivesNew Adjectives
Mean, NastyMean, Nasty
méchant méchante
Masculine Feminine
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New AdjectivesNew Adjectives
silly, dumbsilly, dumb
bête bête
Masculine Feminine
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New AdjectivesNew Adjectives
nice, pleasantnice, pleasant
sympathique sympathique
Masculine Feminine
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New AdjectivesNew Adjectives
timid, shytimid, shy
timide timide
Masculine Feminine
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New AdjectivesNew Adjectives
nice, kindnice, kind
*gentil *gentille
Masculine Feminine
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New AdjectivesNew Adjectives
cutecute
*mignon *mignonne
Masculine Feminine
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New AdjectivesNew Adjectives
athleticathletic
*sportif *sportive
Masculine Feminine
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Adverbs that go can go with Adverbs that go can go with adjectivesadjectives
rather - assezrather - assez
très - very
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What adjectives would you use to What adjectives would you use to describe these people?describe these people?
Il est…
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What adjectives would you use to What adjectives would you use to describe these people?describe these people?
Elle est…