Types d’adjectifs
If you’ve ever studied grammar, you know that the basic definition of an adjective is something like "a word that describes a noun." If asked to name some adjectives, you might come up with words like small, pretty, and blue – in other words, descriptive adjectives. But did you know that there are many other types of adjectives as well? Let’s take a look.
Types of French Adjectives
Here are the different types of French adjectives with a few examples of each. Click the titles for detailed lessons on each type.
Demonstrative adjectives | Exclamative adjectives | |||||
ce | ce livre | quel | quel pays ! | |||
cet | cet homme | quelle | quelle ville ! | |||
cette | cette leçon | quels | quels aventures ! | |||
ces | ces enfants | quelles | quelles idées ! | |||
Indefinite adjectives | Interrogative adjectives | |||||
autre | un autre livre | quel | quel pays ? | |||
certain | un certain regard | quelle | quelle ville ? | |||
quelque | quelque argent | quels | quels aventures ? | |||
tout | tout le voyage | quelles | quelles idées ? | |||
Negative adjectives | Numerical adjectives | |||||
ne … aucun | je n’ai aucune idée | deux | deux idées | |||
ne … nul | nul argent n’est requis | deuxième | deuxième livre | |||
ne … pas un | il n’a pas un sou | double | double express | |||
Possessive adjectives | Relative adjective | |||||
mon | mon pays | lequel | j’ai vu l’enfant, lequel enfant pleurait | |||
ta | ta ville | |||||
ses | ses aventures | |||||
notre | notre idée | |||||
Past participles | Present participles | |||||
arrêté | une voiture arrêtée | pesant | un carton pesant | |||
souhaité | le résultat souhaité | intéressant | une idée intéressante |
Related lessons
- Introduction to adjectives
- PwLF super list of adjective lessons
- Adjectives vs pronouns
- Adjectives with prepositions
- Adjectives used as adverbs
- Adverbs, prefixes, nouns used as adjectives
- Determiners
- Euphonic adjectives
- Invariable adjectives
- Movable adjectives
- Parts of speech
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