Les adjectifs de nationalité et leur féminin
The adjectives of nationality and their feminine forms
Introduction
« Vous êtes français, monsieur Legrand ?
“Are you French, Mr. Legrand ?”
- Non, je suis canadien ! mais ma femme est française. »
“No, I’m Canadian, but my wife is French.”
Construction
To talk about the nationality of a person, we use an adjective of nationality. Generally, to form the feminine, we add an « e » to the masculine form :
masculin : Il est français.
Masculine: He is French
féminin : Elle est française.
Feminine: She is French.
To form the feminine of the following adjectives, we add « ne »:
The masculine and the feminine of the following adjectives are the same: