MASCULINE AND FEMININE adjectives - ending in 'e'
ADJECTIVES 1 explained how adjectives in French need to *agree* with the masculine or feminine nouns they describe.
When the *masculine* form of the adjective already ends in "e"-without-an-accent, you don't need to add another one to make the feminine form.
| rouge (m.s) |
rouges (m.pl) |
rouge (f.s) |
rouges (f.pl) |
red |
| jaune (m.s) |
jaunes (m.pl) |
jaune (f.s) |
jaunes (f.pl) |
yellow |
| jeune (m.s) |
jeunes (m.pl) |
jeune (f.s) |
jeunes (f.pl) |
young |
| célèbre (m.s) |
célèbres (m.pl) |
célèbre (f.s) |
célèbres (f.pl) |
famous |
The adjective is matched up here with the noun it describes:
| le moulin rouge |
the red mill |
les moulins rouges |
the red mills |
| la fille célèbre |
the famous girl |
les filles célèbres |
the famous girls |
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