3. C’est lundi
Grammaire
1.
Féminin des adjectifs
Rule
|
Masculin
|
Féminin
|
Add ‘e’ at the end of adjectve
|
Grand
–big/tall
Petit
– small/short
|
Grande
petite
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if adj.ends with’e’ don’t add e
|
jeune –young
maigre – thin/slim
|
jeune
maigre
|
If it ends with ‘ien’ change it to ‘ienne’
|
Ancien -ancient
|
ancienne
|
If it ends with ‘on’change it to
‘onne’
|
bon –good
mignon - cute
|
bonne
mignonne
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If it ends with ‘s’ change it to ‘sse’
|
Gros -fat
|
grosse
|
If ends with ‘l’ change it to ‘lle’
|
Gentil
–kind/gentle
|
gentille
|
If
it ends with ‘f’ change it to ‘ve’
|
Actif –active
Sportif - sporty
|
Active
Sportive
|
If
it ends with ‘eux’ change it to ‘euse’.
|
Sérieux – serious
Heureux – happy/lucky
|
Sérieuse
heureuse
|
If
it ends with ‘er’ change it to ‘ère’
|
Léger - light
|
légère
|
Exception: - long – longue
In French
the adjective must match with the noun that means if the noun is masc.sing. the
adjective also is masc. sing. If the noun is fem. sing. The adjective must be
fem. Sing.
To change
the adjective from masculine to feminine the above rules must be followed.
The
following adjectives are special because they have two masc. forms and one
feminine form.
English
|
For Masc.sing. noun
|
For
Masc. sing. Noun starting with a/e/i/o/u/h
|
For Fem. Sing. noun
|
Handsome/beautiful
|
Beau
e.g. un
beau jardin – a beautiful garden
|
Bel
e.g. un bel hôtel – a beautiful hotel
|
Belle
e.g. une
belle ville – a beautiful city
|
new
|
Nouveau
e.g. un
nouveau jardin – a new garden
|
Nouvel
e.g. un
nouvel hôtel – a new hotel
|
Nouvelle
e.g. une
nouvelle maison – a new house
|
Old/ancient
|
Vieux
e.g. un vieux bâtiment – an old building
|
Vieil
e.g. un
vieil homme – an old man
|
Vieille
e.g. une
vieille femme – an old woman
|
2.
Pluriel
des noms
Rule
|
Singulier
|
Pluriel
|
1)
Add ‘s’ at the
end
|
Le
livre – the book
La
fleur - flower
|
Les livres – books
Les fleurs - flowers
|
2)
If it ends with
‘s/x/z’ don’t add anything
|
Le riz – rice
L’ours – bear
L’époux
- spouce
|
Les riz
Les ours
Les époux
|
3)
If it ends with
‘ail’ change it to ‘aux’
|
Le vitrail
– window
Le
travail - work
|
Les
vitraux
Les
travaux
|
4)
If it ends with
‘al’ change it to ‘ aux’
|
Le signal – signal
L’animal
L’hôpital
|
Les signaux
Les animaux
Les hôpitaux
|
5)
If it ends with
‘eau’ change it to ‘eaux’
|
Le bureau – office
Le chameau – camel
Le bateau – boat
L’oiseau – bird
Le château
– castle
Le gâteau – cake
Le chapeau - cap
|
Les bureaux
Les chameaux
Les bateaux
Les oiseaux
Les châteaux
Les gâteaux
Les chapeaux
|
6)
If it ends with
‘ou’ change it to ‘oux’
|
Le hibou –owl
Le genou - knee
|
Les hiboux
Les genoux
|
7)
If it ends with
‘eu’ change it to ‘eux’
|
Le dieu – god
Le jeu - toy
|
Les dieux
Les jeux
|
3.
Exceptions
to plural rules
Ail ending nouns
|
L’ail – garlic
L’email
Le chandail – sweater
Le détail
- detail
Le rail
|
Les ails
Les emails
Les chandails
Les détails
Les rails
|
Al ending nouns
|
Le festival
Le carnaval
Le chacal – jackle
Le bal – ball dance
Le régal
|
Les festivals
Les carnavals
Les chacals
Les bals
Les régals
|
4.
Two
verbs in one sentence
When two verbs are used
in a sentence only one of the mis conjugated and the other is used in
infinitive form.
e.g. J’aime manger le chocolat.
In the above sentence
there are two verbs used aimer and manger. Out of the two only aimer is
conjugated with je and manger is used in its infinitive form.
e.g. Il aime donner le pain aux oiseaux.
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