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Agreement of adjectives and past participles Flashcards

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1
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What do adjectives do?

A

Agree with nouns or pronouns in gender and number

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2
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How to formulate the regular feminine?

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Masculine + e

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3
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When does the last consonant double?

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When the adjective ends in -el, -eil, -ien and -on

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4
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Masculine: bas

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Feminine: basse

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Masculine: beau

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Feminine: belle

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Masculine: blanc

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Feminine: blanche

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Masculine: favori

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Feminine: favorite

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Masculine: fou

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Feminine: folle

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Masculine: frais

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Feminine: fraîche

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Masculine: gentil

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Feminine: gentille

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Masculine: grec

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Feminine: grecque

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Masculine: long

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Feminine: longue

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Masculine: mou

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Feminine: molle

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Masculine: nouveau

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Feminine: nouvelle

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Masculine: public

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Feminine: publique

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Masculine: roux

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Feminine: rousse

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Masculine: sec

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Feminine: sèche

18
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When placed before the noun, the singular form of these adjectives changes: beau ->

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Bel

19
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When placed before the noun, the singular form of these adjectives changes: vieux ->

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Vieil

20
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When placed before the noun, the singular form of these adjectives changes: nouveau ->

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Nouvel

21
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When placed before the noun, the singular form of these adjectives changes: fou ->

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Fol

22
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When placed before the noun, the singular form of these adjectives changes: mou ->

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Mol

23
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What are some invariable adjectives?

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Some of colour: marron, orange, crème and adjectives with clair and foncé

24
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The four indefinite pronouns are always…

A

Masculine, they require de before the adjective

25
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When an adjective modifies several nouns of mixed genders…

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The masculine prevails

26
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When a plural adjective is placed before the noun…

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Des becomes de

27
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Demonstrative adjectives

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Ce, cet, cette, ces

28
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Demonstrative adjectives: my

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Mon, ma, mes

29
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Demonstrative adjectives: your (sg)

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Ton, ta, tes

30
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Demonstrative adjectives: his, her, its

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Son, sa, ses

31
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Demonstrative adjectives: our

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Notre, nos

32
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Demonstrative adjectives: your (pl)

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Votre, vos

33
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Demonstrative adjectives: their

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Leur, leurs

34
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What does the french focus on…

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French focuses on the gender and number of the things possessed not the possessor

35
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French does not distinguish between…

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His, her, its

36
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What is a past participle?

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A verb form in compound tenses

37
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What can past participles be used as?

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Adjectives

38
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When does the participle, used with auxiliary être, agree with the subject?

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In the perfect tenses and the passive

39
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What does the past participle, used with the auxiliary avoir, agree with?

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The preceding direct object

40
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What do reflexive and reciprocal verbs agree with?

A

The preceding direct object

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