Odd Plurals
A few adjectives have irregular masculine plurals.
For adjectives ending in -x , the masculine singular and plural forms are identical.
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un enfant heureux | des enfants heureux |
| a happy child | some happy children | |
| un petit ami jaloux | des jaloux petits amis | |
| a jealous boyfriend | some jealous boyfriends |
The feminine plural still aquires the s.
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Elle est une femme courageuse. | Elles sont des femmes courageuses. |
| She is a courageous woman. | They are courageous women. |
The same is true for -s ending adjectives.
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J'aime votre costume gris. | J'aime vos costumes gris. |
| I love your gray suit. | I love your gray suits. | |
| Regardez les voitures grises. (voiture
is feminine) Look at the gray cars. |
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A few adjectives add -x to form plurals.
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Most adjectives that end in -al replace the -al with -aux to form the masculine plural.
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Exceptions: banal banals commonplace, fatal fatals inevitable, natal natals native, naval navals shipbuilding
practice plurals