MASCULINE AND FEMININE adjectives - ending in 'n' or 'l'
ADJECTIVES 01 explained how adjectives in French need to *agree* with the masculine or feminine nouns they describe.
Sometimes adjectives end in a consonant (usually an "n" or an "l") which gets *doubled* to create the feminine form. The 's' for plural gets added to either the masculine or the feminine form, as appropriate.
| gentil (m.s) |
gentils (m.pl) |
gentille (f.s) |
gentilles (f.pl) |
kind |
| naturel (m.s) |
naturels (m.pl) |
naturelle (f.s) |
naturelles (f.pl) |
natural |
| bon (m.s) |
bons (m.pl) |
bonne (f.s) |
bonnes (f.pl) |
good |
| ancien (m.s) |
anciens (m.pl) |
ancienne (f.s) |
anciennes (f.pl) |
former, senior |
Not all adjectives ending in "n" or "l" follow this rule, as in:
| plein (m.s) |
pleins (m.pl) |
pleine (f.s) |
pleines (f.pl) |
full |
| central (m.s) |
centraux (m.pl) |
centrale (f.s) |
centrales (f.pl) |
central |
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