Regular adjectives
Some adjectives are regular and follow conventional rules depending on whether they are masculine, feminine, singular or plural. Some adjectives have different rules - they are called irregular.
If you look up an adjective in the dictionary, it will always be listed in the masculine singular form, eg petit (small).
If it is regular all you need to do is:
- add -e to the end to get the feminine singular form, eg petite
- add -s for the masculine plural form, eg petits
- add -es for the feminine plural form, eg petites
Follow these simple rules for all regular adjectives with endings in the masculine singular form in the table below.
| Type | Masc. sing. | Fem. sing. | Masc. plur. | Fem. plur. | English |
| -e | -s | -es | |||
| Adjectives ending in -d | grand | grande | grands | grandes | tall/big |
| Adjectives ending in -t | content | contente | contents | contentes | happy |
| Adjectives ending in -n | prochain | prochaine | prochains | prochaines | next |
| Adjectives ending in -é | fatigué | fatiguée | fatigués | fatiguées | tired |
| Adjectives ending in -u | bleu | bleue | bleus | bleues | blue |
| Adjectives ending in -i | joli | jolie | jolis | jolies | pretty |
| Adjectives ending in -r | noir | noire | noirs | noires | black |
| Type | |
|---|---|
| Masc. sing. | |
| Fem. sing. | -e |
| Masc. plur. | -s |
| Fem. plur. | -es |
| English |
| Type | Adjectives ending in -d |
|---|---|
| Masc. sing. | grand |
| Fem. sing. | grande |
| Masc. plur. | grands |
| Fem. plur. | grandes |
| English | tall/big |
| Type | Adjectives ending in -t |
|---|---|
| Masc. sing. | content |
| Fem. sing. | contente |
| Masc. plur. | contents |
| Fem. plur. | contentes |
| English | happy |
| Type | Adjectives ending in -n |
|---|---|
| Masc. sing. | prochain |
| Fem. sing. | prochaine |
| Masc. plur. | prochains |
| Fem. plur. | prochaines |
| English | next |
| Type | Adjectives ending in -é |
|---|---|
| Masc. sing. | fatigué |
| Fem. sing. | fatiguée |
| Masc. plur. | fatigués |
| Fem. plur. | fatiguées |
| English | tired |
| Type | Adjectives ending in -u |
|---|---|
| Masc. sing. | bleu |
| Fem. sing. | bleue |
| Masc. plur. | bleus |
| Fem. plur. | bleues |
| English | blue |
| Type | Adjectives ending in -i |
|---|---|
| Masc. sing. | joli |
| Fem. sing. | jolie |
| Masc. plur. | jolis |
| Fem. plur. | jolies |
| English | pretty |
| Type | Adjectives ending in -r |
|---|---|
| Masc. sing. | noir |
| Fem. sing. | noire |
| Masc. plur. | noirs |
| Fem. plur. | noires |
| English | black |
