Adjective agreement: general rules
In French, adjectives must agree with (masculine, feminine, singular and plural) nouns.
In general, we add an e to the feminine form of the adjective, an s to the masculine plural, and an es to the feminine plural:
In general, we add an e to the feminine form of the adjective, an s to the masculine plural, and an es to the feminine plural:
♂
grand
méchant
compliqué
grand
méchant
compliqué
♀
grande
méchante
compliquée
grande
méchante
compliquée
♂♂
grands
méchants
compliqués
grands
méchants
compliqués
♀♀
grandes
méchantes
compliquées
grandes
méchantes
compliquées
Un joli chat, une jolie fleur, des jolis arbres, des jolies plantes. A pretty cat, a pretty flower, pretty trees, pretty plants.
After the verb être, the adjective must agree with the related subject.
Cette histoire est intéressante, ces histoires sont intéressantes This story is interesting, these stories are interesting.
Il est désolé, elle est désolée He is sorry, she is sorry.
Il est désolé, elle est désolée He is sorry, she is sorry.
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