ADJECTIVES

Word that describes someone

FEMININE VS. MASCULINE

Question: Are you describing a girl or a boy?

-There are spelling changes for MOST adjectives.

We will be talking about descriptive adjectives today.

TALL

Masculine FeminineGrand Grande

OF MEDIUM HEIGHT

De taille moyenne

SHORT

Masculine FemininePetit Petite

FAT

Masculine FeminineGras Grasse

SKINNY/THIN

Masculine FeminineMince Mince

HANDSOME/BEAUTIFUL

Masculine FeminineBeau (before a consonant/

generically speaking) BelleBel (before a vowel)

PRETTY

Jolie

UGLY

Masculine FeminineLaid Laide

TRANSITION WORDS/SPICY WORDS

Assez- rather Il est assez mignon. Très- very Elle est très petite. Et- and Il est grand et gras. Mais- but Il est gras, mais mignon.

PRONOUNS

Je- I Tu- You (singular/informal) Il= He Elle= She

ÊTRE- TO BE

Je suis – I amTu es- You are

Il est/Elle est- He/ She is

EXAMPLES

Il est grand. Elle est petite. Je suis jolie. (girl) Je suis mignon. (boy)

DEVOIRS

Draw a picture for EACH of your adjective vocab words that we learned today. One for a boy, one for a girl. You MAY combine tall and skinny, short and fat.

Label your drawings with the French vocab word

Color them, make them pretty