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French adjective agreement rulesFrench Adjective Agreement • July 15th, 2023
An adjective is a word that modifies a noun by describing it in some way: shape, color, size, nationality, etc. French adjectives are very different from English adjectives in two ways: French adjectives change to agree in gender and number with the nouns that they modify, which means there can be up to four forms of each adjective: Adjective: "pretty" joli Masculine singular joli Feminine singular jolie Masculine plural jolis Feminine plural jolies In English, adjectives are always found in front of the noun, but most French adjectives follow the noun they modify: "green book" un livre vert "smart teacher" un professeur intelligent But there are some French adjectives that precede the noun: "handsome boy" un beau garçon "small glass" un petit verre French adjectives change to agree in gender and number with the nouns that they modify, which means there can be up to four forms of each adjective. The different forms for adjectives depend mostly on the final letter(s) of the default form
