======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 }}]]