Language/French/Grammar/Adjectives
The adjective in French. Overview
As we know adjectives are those words that add information about the name they accompany.
le chien est rapide = the dog is fast
le chien blanc est rapide = the white dog is fast
Here are some examples:
Singular:
le grand bâtiment = the large building
la grande ville = the big city
un grand appartement
a large apartment
Plural:
les grands bâtiments = the large buildings
les grandes villes = the big cities
de grands appartements = large apartments
Construct sentences with adjectives is very simple:
Ce vélo est rapide = This bike is fast.
Le ciel est bleu = The sky is blue
Adjectives are placed in front or behind a name:
un homme pauvre = a poor man
un pauvre homme = a poor man
Another thing to consider is that the plural article "des" becomes "de" when it is before the adjective:
Mon bâtiment a de grands appartements = My building has large apartments.
The feminine of adjectives is formed by adding the ending "e" to the masculine adjective. However, there are some exceptions. Look at The Adjective. Women's training to learn more about this.
El femenino de los adjetivos se forma añadiendo la terminación -e al masculino, sin embargo, existen algunas excepciones.
Here is a list of the most common adjectives, with their feminine :
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="5" |'''L'ADJECTIF'''
|-
|'''Masculine'''
|'''Feminine'''
|'''Masculine'''
|'''Feminine'''
|'''Translation'''
|-
|beau
|belle
|laid
|laide
|''beautiful / ugly''
|-
|bon
|bonne
|mauvais
|mauvaise
|''good / bad''
|-
|long
|longue
|court
|courte
|''Long / short''
|-
|grand
|grande
|petit
|petite
|''large / small''
|-
|lent
|lente
|rapide
|rapide
|''slow / fast''
|-
|ouvert
|ouverte
|fermé
|fermée
|''open / closed''
|-
|jeune
|jeune
|vieux
|vieille<br>
|''young / old''
|-
|plein
|pleine
| vide
| vide
|''full / empty''
|-
|cher
|chère
|bon marché
|bon marché
|''expensive / cheap''
|-
|bas
|basse
|haut
|haute
|''low / high''
|-
|facile
|facile
|difficile
|difficile
|''easy / hard''
|-
|vrai
|vraie
|faux
|fausse
|''true / false''
|-
|froid
|froide
|chaud
|chaude
|''cold / hot''
|-
|léger
|légère
|lourd
|lourde
|''light / heavy''
|-
| nouveau
|nouvelle
|ancien
|ancienne
|''new / old''
|}