Adjective agreement
French adjectives change spelling to match the gender and number of the noun they describe. The most common pattern adds -e for feminine and -s for plural.
| Masc. singular | Fem. singular | Masc. plural | Fem. plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| petit | petite | petits | petites |
| grand | grande | grands | grandes |
| joli | jolie | jolis | jolies |
Examples: "Un petit appartement." (A small apartment.) · "Une petite maison." (A small house.) · "Des chambres spacieuses." (Spacious bedrooms.)
Some adjectives are irregular, e.g. beau → belle (beautiful) and neuf → neuve (brand new): "Un appartement neuf." / "Une maison neuve." Adjectives usually go after the noun in French, unlike English — but a handful of short, very common adjectives break that rule and go before the noun instead: beau, grand, petit, joli, jeune, and vieux among them. That's why the examples above say "un petit appartement" and "une petite maison", not "un appartement petit".
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Knowing the rule is not the same as producing it.
This page explains the pattern. The track drills it: the point arrives inside a mini-dialogue, then production marked against a CEFR descriptor, then a module test that returns you to your two weakest sessions if you miss it.