LEARN FRENCH ADJECTIVES
French Adjectives
Just like in English, French adjectives describe or modify nouns and pronouns, but unlike English, French adjectives should agree in gender (masculine or feminine) and number (singular or plural) with the noun or pronoun they modify. The feminine is usually formed by adding an “-e” to the masculine form, for example: a big restaurant = un grand restaurant/ a big house = une grandemaison. (“house” in French is feminine, so the adjective “big/ grand” will add an extra “e”)
To form adjectives in the plural usually an “s” should be added to the singular masculine: the big restaurant: le grand restaurant, the big restaurants: les grandsrestaurants. Remember that the feminine plural will take an “es”: a big house = une grande maison, big houses: des grandes maisons.
French adjectives usually follow the noun they modify: a white house: une maison blanche. But when it comes to some characters like: beauty, age, good or bad, and size usually the adjective comes first: (an old frined: un vieux ami), (a beautiful girl: une jolie fille)
Some adjectives can be placed either before or after depending on the meaning: un grand acteur: a great actor/ un acteur grand: a tall actor.
A list of 100 French adjectives:
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angry | fâché | mean | méchant | African | Africain(e) |
ashamed | confus | naive | naïf | Algerian | Algérien(ne) |
athletic | sportif | nervous | nerveux | Asian | Asiatique |
bad weather | mauvais | nice | sympa | Australian | Australien(ne) |
annoyed | ennuyé | nice out | beau | Belgium | Belge |
boring | ennuyeux | outgoing | ouvert | Brazilian | Brésilien(ne) |
brave | courageux | patient | patient | Canadian | Canadien(ne) |
calm | tranquille | patriotic | patriotique | Chinese | Chinois(e) |
cloudy | nuageux | pouring | pleut à verse | Dutch | Néerlandais(e) |
cold | froid | pretty | belle, jolie | Egyptian | Égyptien(ne) |
confident | assuré | raining | pleut | English | Anglais(e) |
confused | désorienté | sad | triste | European | Européen(ne) |
cool | frais | scared | effrayé | French | Français(e) |
delighted | ravi | serious | sérieux | German | Allemand(e) |
exhausted | épuisé | short | petit | Italian | Italien(ne) |
fat | gros | shy | timide | Japanese | Japonais(e) |
foggy | du brouillard | smart | intelligent | Mexican | Mexicain(e) |
freezing | gèle | snowing | neige | Moroccan | Marocain(e) |
friendly | amical | sorry | navré | Polish | Polonais(e) |
funny | drôle | stormy | orageux | Portuguese | Portugais(e) |
handsome | beau, joli | strong | fort | Russian | Russe |
happy | heureux | stupid | stupide | Spain | Espagnol(e) |
hard-working | travailleur | sunny | du soleil | United States | Américain(e) |
heavy | lourd | tall | grand |
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hot | chaud | tan | bronzé | black | noir/e |
humid | humide | thin | mince | blue | bleu/e |
impatient | impatient | tired | fatigué | brown | brun/e (or) marron |
in a hurry | pressé | ugly | moche, laid | gold | doré/e |
interesting | intéressant | unfriendly | froid | gray | gris/e |
kind | gentil | weak | faible | green | vert/e |
lazy | paresseux | windy | du vent | orange | orange |
lonely | solitaire | worried | inquiet | pink | rose |
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| purple | pourpre (or) violet/te |
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| red | rouge |
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| silver | argenté/e |
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| white | blanc/he |
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| yellow | jaune |
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