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French Grammar 103 Nouns and Adjectives

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Nouns in French have masculine and feminine genders (see ‘Articles’ page). We need to remember that besides people or animals, the gender of a thing is arbitrary and has no logic. It must therefore be memorised. The best is to learn noun and gender at the same time right from the start.

The gender sometimes affects the noun ending or spelling

Example:
un chat / a male cat
une chatte / a female cat
un chien / a male dog
une chienne / a female dog

Gender also affects the adjectives that relate to nouns. Adjectives might be right next to the noun or elsewhere in the sentence.

Examples:
un beau papillon (m) / a beautiful butterfly
une belle fleur (f) / a beautiful flower
le fils (m) est petit / the boy is small
la fille (f) est petite / the girl is small
le chat (m) est brun / the cat is brown
la chatte (f) est brune / the (female) cat is brown
le manteau est vieux / the coat is old
la veste est vieille / the jacket is old

Plurals are added to the masculine or feminine forms.

Examples:
le mouton est blanc – the sheep (singular) is white
les moutons sont blancs – the sheep (plural) are white
la vache est blanche – the cow is white
les vaches sont blanches – the cows are white

When two nouns in a group have different genders, the masculine forms of adjectives are always used.

Example:
les vaches et les moutons sont blancs – the cows and sheep are white
le camion est vert – the truck is green.
la voiture est verte – the car is green
le camion et la voiture sont verts – the truck and the car are green

The same rule applies to past participles (the ‘ed’ form of regular verbs in English, like washed, cleaned, etc. ) when they act as adjectives.

Examples:
les fleurs que j’ai remarquées et ensuite cueillies – the flowers that I noticed and then picked

EXERCISE: 103 Nouns and adjectives | NEXT: 104 Demonstrative adjectives

French Grammar Lessons

101 Articles
102 Pronouns
103 Nouns and adjectives
104 Demonstrative adjectives
105 Possessive adjectives
106 Verbs
107 Adverbs
108 Prepositions
109 Interrogative form
110 Negative form

French Grammar Exercises

French Exercise 101 – Articles
French Exercise 102 – Pronouns
French Exercise 103 – Nouns and Adjectives
French Exercise 104 – Demonstrative Adjectives
French Exercise 105 – Possessive Adjectives
French Exercise 106 – Verbs
French Exercise 107 – Adverbs
French Exercise 108 – Prepositions
French Exercise 109 – Interrogative Form
French Exercise 110 – Negative Form

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French Listening 103 – Nouns and Adjectives
French Listening 104 – Demonstrative Adjectives
French Listening 105 – Possessive Adjectives
French Listening 106 – Present of Verbs
French Listening 107 – Adverbs
French Listening 108 – Prepositions
French Listening 109 – Interrogative Form
French Listening 110 – Negative Form

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