MASCULINE AND FEMININE adjectives - regular
ADJECTIVES 01 explained how adjectives in French need to *agree* with the masculine or feminine nouns they describe.
Here are a few "regular" examples of the way the adjective changes to "agree":
| court (m.s) |
courts (m.pl) |
courte (f.s) |
courtes (f.pl) |
short |
| vert (m.s) |
verts (m.pl) |
verte (f.s) |
vertes (f.pl) |
green |
| noir (m.s) |
noirs (m.pl) |
noire (f.s) |
noires (f.pl) |
black |
| haut (m.s) |
hauts (m.pl) |
haute (f.s) |
hautes (f.pl) |
high |
The adjective is matched up here with the noun it describes:
| le chat noir |
the black cat |
les chats noirs |
the black cats |
| la pomme verte |
the green apple |
les pommes vertes |
the green apples |