Falling in love, and other states you fall into.
Tomber amoureux de — to fall in love with — takes de, and the adjective agrees: « elle est tombée amoureuse de lui ». The image is the same as in English, which makes it easy to remember and easy to get slightly wrong on agreement.
The pattern tomber + adjective or noun covers a whole family of sudden states: tomber malade, tomber enceinte, tomber d’accord. French treats all of them as falling into a condition.
💡 Focus at this level: tomber amoureux & the subjunctive
1. « Tomber amoureux DE ». Never avec.
2. The adjective agrees. « amoureuse », « amoureux ».
3. Subjunctive after fear. « J’ai peur qu’il ne tombe. »
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