Nous aurions pu choisir un grand chat ou pas?
Look at this example:
In French, the "describing word"/adjective (here petit) changes according to whether the object it refers to is masculine (un chat) or feminine (une souris).
As other regular adjectives, petit simply takes an -e in the feminine form (une petite souris).
Here are more examples:
See also Make most adjectives plural by adding -s
Adjectives ending with mute -e don't change in the feminine form
and Colour descriptions change according to gender and number (adjectives)
Learn more about these related French grammar topics
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Q&A Forum 5 questions, 7 answers
Hi Tumed,
The important point in this Kwiziq lesson is the agreement of the adjective with the noun (feminine ones in this case) by adding an -e.
Chat is masculine and you would use the adjective 'gros' rather than 'grand' which is used for height normally.
Un gros chat ------> une grosse chatte ( here you add -se, not covered in this lesson)
Un grand homme----> une grande femme
Hope this helps!
Tumed asked:View original
Pourquoi avoir choisi une petite souris?
Nous aurions pu choisir un grand chat ou pas?
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CatjaKwiziq community member
This part 2 of the video that tells you where to place the adjectives. https://youtu.be/ICT3nstg-YY
Asked 1 year ago
CatjaKwiziq community member
No, just wanted to link the video as the one in the program talks about part 2 but doesn't provide a link for it.
Catja asked:View original
This part 2 of the video that tells you where to place the adjectives. https://youtu.be/ICT3nstg-YY
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DorneKwiziq community member
In an earlier exercise you have 'Je chapeau bleu at one jute bleu'. why was 'jute blue' not feminised or is it assumed that woman do not wear hats?
Asked 1 year ago
It should be: J'ai un chapeau bleu et une jupe bleue.
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In an earlier exercise you have 'Je chapeau bleu at one jute bleu'. why was 'jute blue' not feminised or is it assumed that woman do not wear hats?
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StuartKwiziq community member
Are there any obvious (common) adjectives that are exceptions?
Asked 2 years ago
GruffKwiziq team member
Hi Stuart, yes there are lots of exceptions and special rules for adjective agreement. You can browse a list of all our lesson on these here: https://kwiziq.learnfrenchwithalexa.com/revision/glossary/lexical-category-or-parts-of-speech/adjective
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Ron Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Bonjour Sidrah,
Thank you for your question regarding feminine formation of adjectives. I am somewhat unclear what types of problems you are having since none were specified.
Please consider re-posting you question with more precise examples of the problems that you are encountering.
Bonne chance et bonne continuation
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