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| Les adjectifs | Adjectives |
Usually adjectives come in masculine and feminine flavors and reflect the gender of the noun they modify. Normally masculine adjectives end in a consonant and feminine adjectives end in an e.
| un homme fort | a strong soldier | une femme forte | a strong woman |
Adjectives are a diverse lot though. You'll find many kinds of masculine and feminine forms including invariable adjectives.
| un maillon faible | a weak link | une voix faible | a weak voice | |
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Here are some adjectives in masculine feminine pairs unless invariable.
| chaud / chaude |
hot | lourd / lourde | heavy | difficile | difficult |
| froid / froide | cold | léger / légère | light | facile | easy |
| plein / pleine | full | rapide | fast | propre | clean |
| vide | empty | lent / lente | slow | sale | dirty |
| épais / épaisse | thick | long / longue |
long | haut / haute |
high |
| fin / fine | thin | court / courte | short | bas / basse | low |
| dur / dure | hard | mouillé / mouillée | wet | ||
| doux / douce | soft | sec / sèche | dry |
| sûr / sûre | sure/safe | compliqué / compliquée | complicated |
| dangereux / dangereuse | dangerous | simple | simple |
Subject pronouns can refer to objects as well as persons.
| Il est doux. | He/It is soft. | |
| Elle est douce. | She/It (feminine) is soft. |
More commonly though, ce or another demonstrative is used with objects and things. Ce is only used with the verb être and becomes c' when the être verb form begins with an e. When an adjective describes ce, it is always masculine, even if a feminine object is being referred to.
| C'est doux. | It / That is soft. | |
| C'est dangereux. | It / That is dangerous. |
Most color adjectives are invariable. There are only a few that aren't.
| blanc / blanche |
white | noir / noire | black | gris / grise | gray |
| vert / verte | green |