In French, unlike in English, most adjectives come after the noun. Learn more about constructing sentences containing adjectives.
Some adjectives are regular and follow conventional rules depending on whether they are masculine, feminine, singular or plural. Some adjectives have different rules - they are called irregular.
If you look up an adjective in the dictionary, it will always be listed in the masculine singular form, eg petit (small).
If it is regular all you need to do is:
Follow these simple rules for all regular adjectives with endings in the masculine singular form in the table below.
Type | Masc. sing. | Fem. sing. | Masc. plur. | Fem. plur. | English |
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-e | -s | -es | |||
Adjectives ending in -d | grand | grande | grands | grandes | tall/big |
Adjectives ending in -t | content | contente | contents | contentes | happy |
Adjectives ending in -n | prochain | prochaine | prochains | prochaines | next |
Adjectives ending in -é | fatigué | fatiguée | fatigués | fatiguées | tired |
Adjectives ending in -u | bleu | bleue | bleus | bleues | blue |
Adjectives ending in -i | joli | jolie | jolis | jolies | pretty |
Adjectives ending in -r | noir | noire | noirs | noires | black |