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This guide explores the rules of adjective agreement and placement in French. Adjectives change based on gender (masculine or feminine) and number (singular or plural). For instance, the masculine form "intelligent" becomes "intelligente" for feminine and "intelligents" for plural. Special forms exist, such as "sérieux" to "sérieuse". Irregular adjectives remain unchanged, including "orange" and "marron". Typically, adjectives follow the nouns they describe, but some, related to BANGS (Beauty, Age, Number, Greatness, Size), precede the nouns.
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The spelling of most adjectives changes according to whether the word they describe is masculine or feminine, singular or plural. Typical Pattern: Singular Plural Masculine intelligent intelligents Feminine intelligente intelligentes
NOTE • When an adjective ends in an e with no accent mark, you don’t need to add another e to make it feminine: timide, jeune • When an adjective already ends in s, you don’t need to add an extra s to make it plural: gros
Special Feminine Forms • If a masculine adjective ends in –eux, it changes to –euse: sérieux→sérieuse • If a masculine adjective ends in –if, it changes to –ive: sportif→sportive
long → longue blanc → blanche bon → bonne gros → grosse gentil → gentille mignon → mignonne Irregular Feminine Forms
Some adjectives don’t ever change their spelling: orange, marron, cool, chic, super, sympa
Most adjectives come after the noun they describe. • Adjectives that come in front of the noun refer to: Beauty, Age, Number, Greatness and Size BANGS
One More Thing: • Des becomes de when the adjective comes before the noun: Est-ce qu’il y a dejeunesprofesseurs dans ton école?
