Leçon – 5 – Dans la classe

Learning objectives
• The students will be able to learn

some of the adjectives in french

• Will be able to know the

agreement of adjectives

• Will be able to apply in the

sentence
 Les adjectifs

• One of the eight parts of speech , adjectives are a

type of modifier; that is, they modify or describe
nouns in a certain way, it can be the size, shape,
weight, color, nationality, or any other possible
qualities of nouns.
• Adjectives serve the same purpose in French and
English, but they are very different in other respects.
The major differences between
adjectives in French and English are
agreement and placement. In English,
an adjective usually comes before the
noun it modifies and it does not change.
In French, an adjective is usually placed
after the noun it modifies and must
agree in gender and number with the
noun.
 Gender and Number of French Adjectives

• English adjectives have a single form, but

French adjectives can have up to 4 forms,
according to the gender and number of the
nouns they modify.
masculine singular masculine plural

feminine singular feminine plural

The feminine is normally formed by adding an – e to
the masuline form.
Ex: Caroline est grande .
But it does not take another e if the already ending in
an e
Ex: sympathique(m.s) sympathique(f.s)
The plural is formed by adding – s to the singular form.
Ex: ils sont grands Elles sont grandes
But it does take another – s if already ending with
–s
Ex : il est gros ils sont gros
 Some examples
1. Manuel est grand .
(noun) (adj.)
2. Manuel et Aneesh sont grands .
(noun) (adj.)
3. Anna est grande .
4. Anna et Isabelle sont grandes
 L’accord des adjectifs(agreement of adjectives)
Maculine Masculine plural Feminine Feminine plural Meaning
singular singular
petit petits petite petites Small/short

grand grands grande grandes Big/tall

joli jolis jolie jolies pretty
intelligent intellgents intelligente intelligentes intelligent
mince minces mince minces thin
sympathique sympathiques sympathique sympathiques kind

beau beaux belle belles Beautiful/

handsome
gros gros grosse grosses fat
content contents contente contentes happy
mecontent mecontents mecontente mecontentes unhappy
 Devoir
Décrire une personnalité célèbre aux Émirats
arabes unis .