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Most french adjectives FOLLOW the noun. SOME don't such as:
petit, grand, beau, noveau, vieux |
The adjectives that DON'T follow the noun are:
small, big, beautiful, new and old. |
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FEMININE
une belle maison une nouvelle maison une vieille maison |
Feminine adjectives (because the noun is feminine)
a beautiful house a new house an old house |
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MASCULINE Vowel
un bel appartement un nouvel appartement un vieil appartement |
Maculine adjectives (because the noun is masculine)
a beautiful apartment a new apartment an old apartment |
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MASCULINE consonant
un beau quartier un nouveau quartier un vieux quartier |
a beautiful neighborhood
a new neighborhood an old neighborhood |
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FEMININE Plural
de belles maisons de nouvelles maisons de vielles maisons |
beautiful houses
new houses old houses |
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MASCULINE Plural
de beaux appartements de nouveaux quartiers de vieux appartements |
beautiful apartments
new neighborhoods old apartments |
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EAU plural with X
un cadeau - des cadeaux un beau château - de beaux châteaux mon neveu - mes neveux |
Almost al lwords in French that end in (e)au or eu are spelled with X not S in the plural.
gift - gifts beautiful castle - castles my nephew - my nephews |
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La famille royale habite dans le grand palais a Versailles
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The royal family lives in a grand palace in Versailles.
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Louis XVI et Marie-Antoinette sont guillotines.
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Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were sent to the guillotines (during the French Revolution)
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H.L.M. - habitations a Loyer Modere
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low income housing
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H.L.M. a la peripherie ou en banlieue
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low income housing is usually on the outskirts of the suburbs
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Beaucoup de Francias qui habitent en ville habitent dans un appartement.
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Many French who live in cities live in apartments.
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