Vocabulary Chapter 4.0
Terms
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Most french adjectives FOLLOW the noun. SOME don't such as:
petit, grand, beau, noveau, vieux -
The adjectives that DON'T follow the noun are:
small, big, beautiful, new and old. -
FEMININE
une belle maison
une nouvelle maison
une vieille maison -
Feminine adjectives (because the noun is feminine)
a beautiful house
a new house
an old house -
MASCULINE Vowel
un bel appartement
un nouvel appartement
un vieil appartement -
Maculine adjectives (because the noun is masculine)
a beautiful apartment
a new apartment
an old apartment -
MASCULINE consonant
un beau quartier
un nouveau quartier
un vieux quartier -
a beautiful neighborhood
a new neighborhood
an old neighborhood -
FEMININE Plural
de belles maisons
de nouvelles maisons
de vielles maisons -
beautiful houses
new houses
old houses -
MASCULINE Plural
de beaux appartements
de nouveaux quartiers
de vieux appartements -
beautiful apartments
new neighborhoods
old apartments -
EAU plural with X
un cadeau - des cadeaux
un beau château - de beaux châteaux
mon neveu - mes neveux -
Almost al lwords in French that end in (e)au or eu are spelled with X not S in the plural.
gift - gifts
beautiful castle - castles
my nephew - my nephews - La famille royale habite dans le grand palais a Versailles
- The royal family lives in a grand palace in Versailles.
- Louis XVI et Marie-Antoinette sont guillotines.
- Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were sent to the guillotines (during the French Revolution)
- H.L.M. - habitations a Loyer Modere
- low income housing
- H.L.M. a la peripherie ou en banlieue
- low income housing is usually on the outskirts of the suburbs
- Beaucoup de Francias qui habitent en ville habitent dans un appartement.
- Many French who live in cities live in apartments.