Vocabulary - clothes and colours
Vocabulary
Clothes
Pour aller à l’école je porte une chemise blanche, une cravate bleu foncé, un pantalon noir et un pull bleu. On doit porter des chaussures noires. - To go to school I wear a white shirt, a dark blue tie, black trousers and a blue sweater. You have to wear black shoes.
Le weekend, je mets un jean, un chemisier gris et mon sweat à capuche jaune. J’aime aussi porter ma ceinture noire. - At the weekend, I put on jeans, a grey blouse and my yellow hoodie. I like wearing my black belt too.
Pour aller en ville, je porte toujours des baskets blanches, mon blouson préféré et une casquette rouge. - To go into town, I always wear white trainers, my favourite jacket and a red basketball cap.
L’hiver, quand il fait froid, je mets un grand manteau et je porte une écharpe en laine. - In winter, when it's cold, I put on a big coat and I wear a wool scarf.
Je vais porter ma jupe noire en cuir et un collant. - I'm going to wear my black leather skirt and tights.
Elle est belle, ta chemise à carreaux. - Your checked shirt is lovely.
Je vais acheter une écharpe en laine pour ma grand-mère. - I'm going to buy a woollen scarf for my grandmother.
Il a acheté un jean étroit. - He bought some skinny jeans
Ce pull à rayures est trop petit pour moi. - This striped sweater is too small for me.
Vous voudriez essayer la même veste en taille moyenne ? - Would you like to try the same jacket in a medium size?
Je voudrais changer ce survêtement, s’il vous plait, il est trop grand. - I’d like to change this tracksuit, please, it's too big.
Colours
In French, words for colours go after the item of clothing. For example:
un pull noir (a black jumper) or une jupe bleue (a blue skirt).
Colours, like other Used to describe nouns and must agree with the nouns they are describing., must always agree with the The name of a thing such as an object, a place or a person. Nouns are often described as naming words.. If the clothes item is All nouns in French are either masculine or feminine., add -e to the colour, if it is More than one of an item., add -s (All nouns in French are either masculine or feminine.) or -es (feminine).
Some colours are irregular. For example:
blanc / blanche / blancs / blanches.
Rouge (red) and rose (pink) stay the same for masculine and feminine nouns, and just add an -s for plural nouns.
Orange and marron don’t change at all.
See the adjectives study guide for more information on how to use adjectives.
Question
Which of the following descriptions are correct?
Can you add further detail?
- Karina porte une jupe rose et un chapeau blanc.
- Sara a un jean et des baskets violettes.
- Véronique porte une robe jaune et des chaussures orange.
- Nadine a mis un pantalon noir et un tee-shirt blanc.
All are correct except Sara's description - she is wearing pink shorts rather than jeans.
