Show pageOld revisionsBacklinksExport to PDFExport Page to HTML/PDFBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ======L'adjectif : accord de l'adjectif au féminin====== Adjective: feminine adjective agreement =====Introduction===== Pierre est calme, compétent, sérieux et motivé. (//Pierre is calm, competent, serious, and motivated.//) Sarah est calme, compétent**e**, sérieus**e** et motivé**e**. (//Sarah is calm, competent, serious, and motivated.//) =====Construction===== //To put an adjective in the feminine form, we generally add an « e » at the end of the masculine adjective :// ^ ^<color blue>masculine adjective</color>^<color deeppink>feminine adjective</color>^ ^ | |grand (//tall//)|grand<color deeppink>e</color> (//tall//)| | | |compétent (//competent//)|compétent<color deeppink>e</color> (//competent//)| | //If the masculine adjective finishes with « é » or « i », add an « e » at the end, but the pronunciation stays the same :// ^ ^<color blue>masculine adjective</color>^<color deeppink>feminine adjective</color>^ ^ | |poli (//polite//)|poli<color deeppink>e</color> (//polite//)| | | |motivé (motivated)|motivé<color deeppink>e</color>(//motivated//)| | //If the adjective in the masculine form finishes with “e”, the feminine and the masculine are identical :// ^ ^<color blue>masculine adjective</color>^<color deeppink>feminine adjective</color>^ ^ | |calme (//calm//)|calme (//calme//)| | |dynamique (//dynamic//)|dynamique (//dynamic//)| //If the adjective in the masculine form finishes with “x”, the feminine finishes with “-se”:// ^ ^<color blue>masculine adjective</color>^<color deeppink>feminine adjective</color>^ ^ | |heureux (//happy//)|heureu<color deeppink>se</color> (//happy//)| | |sérieux (//serious//)|sérieu<color deeppink>se</color> (//serious//)| //If the adjective in the masculine form finishes with “-if”, the feminine finishes with “-ive”:// ^ ^<color blue>masculine adjective</color>^<color deeppink>feminine adjective</color>^ ^ | |sportif (//sportive//)|sporti<color deeppink>ve</color> (//sportive//)| | |créatif (//creative//)|créati<color deeppink>ve</color> (//créative//)| [[fr:grammaire:noms_adjectif:adjectifs:epithetes:sommaire|{{ :file_-_back_3_.png?150 }}]]