Adjective agreement Ch 7

Franais I Chapitre 7 P 229

You already learned the colors in French. Colors are adjectives, so they describe a
noun (person, place, thing).
In French there are 2 things you must remember about adjectives:
1) They must agree with the noun they describe

un pull vert
une jupe verte
des pulls verts
des jupes vertes

2) They usually go after the noun they describe

Here are some adjectives and their feminine and plural forms:
--- SINGULAR --masc sing
fem, sing

--- PLURAL--masc, plural

fem, plural

English translation

petit

petite

petits

petites

small

grand

grande

grands

grandes

big

long

*longue

longs

longues

long

court

courte

courts

courtes

short

serr

serre

serrs

serres

tight

large

large

larges

larges

wide/large

joli

jolie

jolis

jolies

pretty

laid

laide

laids

laides

ugly

lgant

lgante

lgants

lgantes

elegant

srieux

*srieuse

srieux

srieuses

serious

favori

*favorite

favoris

favorites

favorite

cher

*chre

chers

chres

expensive

* watch out for the spelling change in the feminine form!

Glencoe French I Chapter 7 p 225

ADJECTIVES OF COLOR
THE COLORS!
ROUGE
ROSE
JAUNE
GRIS

VERT
BLEU
NOIR

VIOLET
BLANC
BEIGE

BLEU MARINE*
MARRON *
ORANGE *

ADJECTIVE AGREEMENT
Adjectives MUST agree with the noun they describe!!!
MAS.

MAS. PLUR.

FEM.

FEM. PLUR.

rouge
rose
jaune
vert
bleu
noir
gris
violet
blanc
beige

rouges
roses
jaunes
verts
bleus
noirs
gris
violets
blancs
beiges

rouge
rose
jaune
verte
bleue
noire
grise
violette
blanche
beige

rouges
roses
jaunes
vertes
bleues
noires
grises
violettes
blanches
beiges

*marron
*orange
*bleu marine

marron
orange
bleu marine

marron
orange
bleu marine

marron
(brown)
orange
(orange)
bleu marine (dark blue)

Most adjectives FOLLOW the noun which they describe!!!

(red)
(pink)
(yellow)
(green)
(blue)
(black)
(grey)
(purple)
(white)
(beige)

Comparative with adjectives + Stress pronouns

Franais I Chapter 7 p 230
When comparing people and things, use:
plus (more) ______ que (than)
moins (less) ______ que (than)
aussi (as)
______ que (as)

l/la noun

Plus (+)
est Moins (-)
Aussi (=)

adjective

QUE

le/la noun

plus
plus
more

adjective
cher
expensive

que
que
than

noun
ce pantalon.
this pair of pants.

moins
moins
less

adjective
cher
expensive

que
que
than

noun
ce short.
this pair of shorts.

aussi
aussi
as

adjective
cher
expensive

que
que
as

noun
ce pantalon.
this pair of pants.

Examples:
more _(adjective)_ than
Subject
Ce pull
This sweater

verb
est
is

less _(adjective)_ than

Subject
Cette veste
This jacket

verb
est
is

as _(adjective)_ as
Subject
Ce pull
This sweater

verb
est
is

When comparing people, use these stress pronouns:

moi
toi
lui
elle

me
you
him
her

nous
vous
eux
elles

us
you
them
them

ER Verb Conjugation + YER Stem Change

Franais I Chapitre 7 p 233

You already learned that to conjugate an ER verb, take the ER off of

the infinitive, then add the endings.
Regular ER Verb Endings :
je
e
tu
es
il / elle
e

nous
vous
ils/elles

ons
ez
ent

You will notice that the following verb, ESSAYER (to try), does not
follow this exact pattern. It has a stem-change. This means that
when we take of the ER, we change the remaining stem in the je, tu,
il, elle, on, ils, and elles forms.
Y becomes I
ESSAYER CONJUGATION :
J

essaie

tu

essaies (you try)

il / elle essaie

(I try)
(he / she tries)

nous essayons

(we try)

vous essayez

(you try)

ils/elles essaient (they try)

Payer follows the same stem-change pattern as essayer.

The noun essayage comes from the verb essayer
cabine dessayage = changing booth (for trying on clothes)

Voir et Croire (seeing and believing)

(Franais I, Ch 7 p 232)

Infinitive:
VOIR
Je
vois
Tu
vois
Il/
voit
Elle voit

voir = to see

I see
you see
he sees
she sees

Nous
Vous
Ils
Elles

croire = to believe

voyons
voyez
voient
voient

we see
you see
they see
they see

Past participle: vu

CROIRE
Je
crois
Tu
crois
Il/
croit
Elle croit

I believe
you believe
he believes
she believes

Nous
Vous
Ils
Elles

croyons
croyez
croient
croient

we believe
you believe
they believe
they believe

Past participle: cru

When voir and croire are followed by a clause, you

must use que (or qu)

Mettre to put (to put on)

(Franais I, Ch 7)

French I Chapter 7 p 228

Infinitive: mettre = to put, to put on

Irregular verb:
does not follow a pattern that other verbs follow
Je
Tu
Il/
Elle

mets
mets
met
met

I put
you put
he puts
she puts

Nous
Vous
Ils
Elles

mettons
mettez
mettent
mettent

we put
you put
they put
they put

Past participle: mis

Some more clothing vocabulary:

taille

clothing size

trop

too (much)

pointure shoe size

plus

more

essayer

to try

moins less

le prix

the price

cher

expensive

Lectures Culturelles
On fait des courses o, Paris ?
Franais I, Ch 7 p 236-237

Les Grands Couturiers francais :

Yves Saint-Laurent, Dior, Cardin, Givenchy, Chanel

Les petites boutiques et les grands magasins

Le Printemps

Les Galleries Lafayette

Les marches au puces le weekend

Lecture Supplmentaire 1 Les Vtements

Franais I, Ch 7 p 238

Les Pays du Maghreb :

le Maroc, lAlgrie, la Tunisie
le march = le souk, dans la mdina (vieux quartier)
Vtements traditionnels au Maghreb :

Les hommes le djellaba

Les femmes le sifsari (voile)

Lecture Supplmentaire 2 Les Tailles

Franais I, Ch 7 p 239

La taille

pour les vtements

La pointure pour les chaussures

Les tailles et pointures ne sont pas les mmes en
Europe quaux Etats-Unis