Irregular Adjectives
Now let's look at irregular adjectives. Remember that, in French, adjectives vary whether they describe a masculine or feminine noun and if they are singular or plural.
Look at the following examples:
Adjectives ending in 'f', we make feminine by replacing 'f' with 've':
- un vélo neuf
- une voiture neuve
- des vélos neufs
- des voitures neuves
Adjectives ending in 'x', we make feminine by replacing 'x' by 'se'. Note that we do NOT add an 's' in the masculine plural:
- un garçon sérieux
- une fille sérieuse
- des garçons sérieux
- des filles sérieuses
Note the irregular feminine forms for the following adjectives ending in 'x':
- un vieux livre but un vieil homme (we use vieil in front of masculine nouns begining with a vowel or silent 'h'.)
- une vieille maison
- deux vieux chiens
- deux vieilles dames
- un climat doux
- une peau douce
- un faux passeport
- une fausse réponse
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