French grammar essentials · Lesson 4 of 6
Adjective agreement
A French adjective takes the gender and number of its noun: add for the feminine, for the plural, and for both.
An adjective that already ends in stays the same in the feminine: , . The ending is usually silent, so think about the noun before you write.
Some adjectives change more than their last letter: becomes (, ), becomes (, ), and , and double their consonant (, , ). , and have their own feminine: , , .
When one adjective describes a masculine and a feminine noun together, use the masculine plural: .
Examples
- un grand jardin, une grande maison
- des amis contents, des amies contentes
- un livre rouge, une robe rouge
- un homme heureux, une femme heureuse
- un vieux quartier, une vieille ville