Agreement of Adjectives

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IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES

 These adjectives follow no rules and have to be learnt separately.
MASCULINE FEMININE
SINGULARPLURAL SINGULARPLURAL
blancblancs blancheblanches
douxdoux doucedouces
fraisfrais fraîchefraîches
longlongs longuelongues
secsecs sèchesèches

 Some irregular adjectives have a different form for masculine singular before a vowel.
MASCULINE FEMININE
SINGULARPLURAL SINGULARPLURAL
before a
consonant		before a
vowel
beaubelbeaux bellebelles
foufolfous follefolles
nouveaunouvelnouveaux nouvellenouvelles
vieuxvieilvieux vieillevieilles

INVARIABLE ADJECTIVES

 Few adjectives are invariable and do not change at all.
MASCULINE FEMININE
SINGULARPLURAL SINGULARPLURAL
marronmarron marronmarron
orangeorange orangeorange
blue marineblue marine blue marineblue marine
gris clairgris clair gris clairgris clair
vert foncévert foncé vert foncévert foncé


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