adjectives
French adjectives describe nouns in various ways and usually have to agree with them in gender and number.
adjectives • French Abbreviations - Acronyms - Apocopes • informalities • nouns
Bon vs Bien
The French words bon and bien can be tricky for French students because they both belong to three different parts of speech (adjectives, adverbs, nouns) and have similar meanings. This is a good lesson that will get you well on your way to understanding the difference.
adjectives • adverbs • nouns
Color Adjectives
When colors are used as adjectives, they usually need to agree with the nouns they modify in gender and number - but there are some notable exceptions.
Demonstrative Adjectives
Demonstrative adjectives (this, that) are used to indicate a specific noun or nouns. In French, they must agree with the noun(s) in number and sometimes gender: ce, cette, cet, ces.
A2 - Low-Intermediate French • adjectives • agreement • demonstratives • quick tips
Determiners
Determiners are a category of grammatical terms that includes articles, numbers, and non-qualifying adjectives. Unlike qualifying adjectives, determiners serve two functions: they introduce and modify nouns at the same time.
adjectives • articles • B1 - Intermediate French
Euphonic Adjectives
French grammar is sometimes trumped by pronunciation, as in the case of euphonic adjectives. Because French does not like the hiatus created when a word ending with a vowel precedes a word that begins with a vowel or mute h, a few adjectives change their spelling—and thus their pronunciation—for purely euphonic reasons.
A2 - Low-Intermediate French • adjectives • spelling
Exclamative Adjectives
To express admiration, surprise, contempt, or another strong feeling about a noun, you can use the exclamative adjective quel, meaning "what (a)."
adjectives • B1 - Intermediate French • exclamations
Foreign Adjectives
French has borrowed or adapted a number of adjectives from other languages, and they are always invariable.
Fractions
adjectives • adverbs • B1 - Intermediate French • French Abbreviations - Acronyms - Apocopes • spelling