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<div | <div style="font-size:300%"> Adjective agreement with nouns — Invariable adjectives</div> | ||
A number of adjectives do not change either in relation to gender or to number. It is sometimes argued that these are nouns being used adjectivally. | |||
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== | ==Invariable Adjectives== | ||
*un pull marron | *un pull marron | ||
a brown pullover | a brown pullover | ||
*une jupe marron | *une jupe marron | ||
a brown skirt | a brown skirt | ||
*des chaussures marron | *des chaussures marron | ||
brown shoes | brown shoes | ||
*un carton orange | *un carton orange | ||
an orange box | an orange box | ||
*une voiture orange | *une voiture orange | ||
an orange car | an orange car | ||
*des rideaux orange | *des rideaux orange | ||
orange curtains | orange curtains | ||
*un chemisier crème | *un chemisier crème | ||
a cream blouse | a cream blouse | ||
*une jupe crème | *une jupe crème | ||
a cream skirt | a cream skirt | ||
*des sous-vêtements crème | *des sous-vêtements crème | ||
cream underwear | cream underwear | ||
*un lecteur de cassettes bon marché | *un lecteur de cassettes bon marché | ||
a cheap cassette player | a cheap cassette player | ||
*une planche à roulettes bon marché | *une planche à roulettes bon marché | ||
a cheap skateboard | a cheap skateboard | ||
*des fruits bon marché | *des fruits bon marché | ||
cheap fruit | cheap fruit | ||
*un pull cerise | *un pull cerise | ||
a cherry pullover | a cherry pullover | ||
*une tapisserie cerise | *une tapisserie cerise | ||
cherry-coloured wallpaper | cherry-coloured wallpaper | ||
*des uniformes cerise | *des uniformes cerise | ||
cherry-coloured uniforms | cherry-coloured uniforms | ||
==Other invariable adjectives== | |||
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|angora | |angora | ||
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== | ==Chic adjective== | ||
NB: chic is invariable for gender but agrees for number: | |||
*un tailleur chic | |||
* un tailleur chic | a smart suit | ||
* une robe chic / des vêtements chics | *une robe chic / des vêtements chics | ||
a smart dress / smart clothes | |||