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Like nouns, adjectives are either masculine and feminine. Normally masculine adjectives ends in a consonant and feminine adjectives end in an e. Plural adjectives are created by adding an s to either the masculine or feminine forms.
| Le soldat est très fort. | The soilder is very strong. | |
| Cette femme est forte. | This woman is strong. | |
| Son fardeau est lourd. | His burden is heavy. | |
| La girafe est lourde. | The giraffe is heavy. | |
| Le diable est mauvais. | The devil is evil. | |
| Ma belle-mère est aussi mauvaise. | My mother-in-law is also evil. | |
| Le general est petit. | The general is small. | |
| La terre est petite vue de loin. | The earth is small seen from afar. | |
| La pôle nord est froide. | The pole north is cold. | |
| L'equateur est chaud. | The equator is warm. | |
| Le mur est haut. | The wall is high. | |
| Cet endroit est parfait. | This location is perfect. |
Whevever an adjective describes both male and female nouns, a masculine adjective is used.
| Le chemisier y la jupe sont laids. | The blouse and the skirt are ugly. |
In the above sentences, the presence of the e causes the final consonant to be pronounced. Otherwise, it is silent. The addition of the e can alter the pronunciation in other ways. In the following sentences the final syllable of the adjectives is nasalized. The e ending adjectives are not nasalized.
| Ce cours est intéressant. | The pole north is cold. | |
| La institutrice est intéressante. | The (female) teacher is interesting. | |
| L'instituteur est méchant. | The teacher is mean. | |
| Elle est méchante. | She is mean. | |
| Le bouteille est plein. | The bottle is full. | |
| La verre est pleine. | The glass is full. |
For some adjectives, the addition of the e doesn't affect the sound.
| Le paysage est joli. | The landscape is pretty. | |
| Cette vedette est jolie. | This star (as in actor) is pretty. |
| Now would be a good time to study the Type I Verbs. |
