1. To make the masculine singular adjective feminine, the general rule is to add -e.
e.g. grand, grande = big, tall
2. If the masculine singular adjective already ends in -e, there is no change
in the feminine form.
e.g. jeune, jeune = young
3. If the masculine singular adjective ends in -en, add -ne to make it feminine.
indien indienne
4. If the masculine singular adjective ends in –f remove –f and add –ve to make it feminine.
e.g. actif, active = active
5. If the masculine singular adjective ends in –eux, remove -x and add –se to make it
feminine.
e.g. heureux, heureuse = happy
6. If the masculine singular adjective ends in -er,remove -er and add -ère to make it feminine.
e.g. Cher, chère = dear
Formation of feminine adjective
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- Definite Article
- Indefinite Article
- Partitive Article
- Contraction of article
- Contraction of article
- Subject Pronoun
- être
- avoir
- Negation
- Formation of feminine adjective
- Beau, nouveau, vieux
- Demonstrative Adjective
- Possessive Adjective
- Interrogative adjective
- Formation of plural nouns
- C'est / il est / elle est
- Present tense
- Present tense - irregular verbs
- L'impératif
- Relative pronoun
- Future tense
- Irregular future stems
- Passé composé
- L'imparfait
- L'imparfait - irregular verbs
- Present progressive
- Passé récent
- Le futur proche
- Plus-que-parfait
- Demonstrative pronoun
- Demonstrative pronoun
- Note on Demonstrative pronoun
- Possessive pronoun
- Note on possessive pronoun
- Direct object
- Indirect Object
- The pronoun "en"
- The pronoun "y"
- Kinds of "Pronoms personnel"
- Le subjonctif