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Adjective agreement with nouns — An adjective agreeing with nouns linked by de
The adjective may agree with the first or the second noun, depending on the meaning:
- un groupe de chanteuses talentueuses
a group of talented female singers
- une bande de voyous agressive
an aggressive gang of layabouts
- des bains de mer fréquents
frequent dips in the sea
- un geste de générosité déplacée
an act of misplaced generosity
NB: un/une drôle de can be used adjectivally meaning 'weird', 'strange'. Its gender is determined by the following noun: une drôle d'idée 'a strange idea', un drôle de type 'a weird bloke'.
Once you've mastered this lesson, take a look at these related pages: Possessive determiners, Omission of the article, Reciprocal se and cases of potential ambiguity & Use of the definite article with parts of the body.
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- Position of object pronouns with infinitives
- Stressed pronouns
- Proper nouns
- Reciprocal se and cases of potential ambiguity
- Infinitives
- Use of y
- Stressed pronouns standing alone
- Adverbs ending in —(é)ment derived from past participles
- Subject verb agreement — Verb agreement with collective noun subjects
- Ce, and compound forms of être
- Differences in the use of numbers in French and English Addresses
- Manner adverbs
- Quand utiliser QUAND et QUANT