French

General rule

• adjectives modify nouns
• adjectives follow the noun
  • as opposed to English in which the adjective precedes the noun
• adjectives also match noun forms, singular v. plural, or masculine v. feminine
• ex.:
  • "the blue hat" = "le chapeau bleu" (masculine form of "" = "")
  • "the red shoe" = "la chaussure rouge" (feminine)
  • the blue shoes" = "les chapeaux blues" or "les chaussures rouges"
    • note that the plural definite article (the) does not change gender in the plural ("les")

• • ex.: les

Invariable adjectives

• some adjectives do not match noun gender
• -e words
  • adjectives that already end with an "e" do not change between masculine or feminine, ex.:
    • "the red pants"= le pantalon rouge" (masculine)
    • "the red shoe" = "la chaussure rouge" (feminine)
• colors that describe a thing that is of that color, ex:
  • "argent" = silver (a thing and an adjective for things colored silver)
    • "la chemise argent" < "argent" does not change gender
• adjectives that are from other languages
  • ex.: "top" (fantastic or the best): "la chemise top"
• see
  • French Irregular Adjectives (fluentu.com)]