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Adjective Agreement: the Secret Pattern
adjective agreement · feminine & plural forms · irregular endings
The “secret” of adjective agreement : once you see the pattern — masculine, feminine, plural — the endings stop being random and start being automatic.
🎬 About this episode
The “secret” of adjective agreement: once you see the pattern — masculine, feminine, plural — the endings stop being random and start being automatic.
🔊 Key phrases for this topic
Un petit chat, une petite chatte.A small (m) cat, a small (f) cat.
Des chats noirs, des chattes noires.Black cats — masculine and feminine plural.
Il est sportif, elle est sportive.He is sporty, she is sporty.
Un homme heureux, une femme heureuse.A happy man, a happy woman.
C’est parfait !It’s perfect!
🔑 The language point
- Base pattern: +e for feminine, +s for plural — petit → petite → petites.
- Endings flip: -f → -ve (sportif/sportive), -eux → -euse (heureux/heureuse).
- Full tables and the tricky cases: adjective agreement chart.
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