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Les Adjectifs Adjectives

Usually adjectives come in masculine and feminine flavors and reflect the gender of the noun they describe. Normally masculine adjectives end in a consonant and feminine adjectives end in an e however there are a wide variety of feminine forms.

  un soldat fort a strong soldier une femme forte a strong woman

Some adjectives are invariable- the same regardless of whether they describe a masculine or feminine noun.

  un maillon faible a weak link une voix faible a weak voice

If a noun is plural then the adjective is also plural- an s is added to the end. This s never changes the pronuncation.

  un bain chaud a warm bath des sources chaudes hot springs f.
  des vents froids cold winds m. une rafale froide a cold gust (of wind)

Here are some more adjectives.

chaud / chaude

hot heavy difficult
cold light easy
 
 
 
full fast clean
empty slow dirty
         
thick long high
thin short low
           
hard wet    
soft dry    

sure/safe complicated
dangerous simple

 

Subject pronouns can be used to refer to objects as well as persons.

Il est doux. He/It is soft.
Elle est douce. She/It (feminine) is soft.

More commonly though, ce or another demonstrative is used with objects and things. Ce is only used with the verb être and becomes c' when the être verb form begins with an e. When an adjective describes ce, it is always masculine, even if a feminine object is being referred to.

C'est dangereux. It / That is dangerous.

practice

Most color adjectives are invariable. There are only a few that aren't.

blanc / blanche

white black gray
green        

practice (pets and color adjectives)

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