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51 Cards in this Set
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Where are adjectives placed? |
Most, but not all, are placed after the noun. |
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In what form do adjectives appear in the dictionary? |
Masc. sing. |
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How do you create the fem. sing? |
add an "e" |
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How do you create the masc. pl.? |
add an "s" |
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How do you create the fem. pl.? |
add an "es" |
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What are 3 common exceptions to the rules about gender? |
1. if masc. sing. ends in "e" there is no change for fem. sing. 2. if masc. sing. ends in "s" or "x" there is no change for masc. pl. 3. if masc. sing. ends in "x" it is changed to "s" for fem. forms. |
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Where are possessive adjectives placed? |
Preceding the noun they modify. |
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What are the possessive adjectives? |
my: mon, ma, mes your: ton, ta, tes his/her/one's/its: son, sa, ses our: notre, nos your: votre, vos their: leur, leurs |
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What happens when a feminine sing. possessive pronoun is followed by nouns that begin with a vowel or the letter h? |
It is replaced with the corresponding masculine possessive pronoun. |
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Define: autre |
other |
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Define: bon, -ne |
good |
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Define: bref, brève |
brief |
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define: haut, haute |
high |
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define: jeune |
young |
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define: joli, -e |
pretty |
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define: long, -ue |
long |
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define: mauvais, -e |
bad |
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define: petit, -e |
small |
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define: vaste |
vast |
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What do autre, bon, bref, haut, jeune, joli, long, mauvais, petit and vaste have in common? |
They all precede the noun they modify. |
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Where are adjectives that express quantity placed? |
Preceding the noun they modify. |
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define: assez de |
enough of |
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define: autant de |
as many |
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define: beaucoup de |
a lot, many (of) |
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define: bien des |
many (of) |
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define: chaque |
each |
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define: la majorité |
the majority |
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define: la plupart de |
most (of) |
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define: moins de |
less (of), fewer |
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define: peu de |
little (of) |
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define: plus de |
more than |
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define: plusieurs |
several |
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define: quelques |
some, a few |
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define: trop de |
too much (of), too many (of) |
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where are numbers placed? |
Preceding the noun they modify |
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do numbers have different forms for different genders? |
only the number one (un, une) |
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how are ordinal numbers formed? |
Add an -e at the end of the cardinal number for one and two (preimer, première; second, seconde). For the following numbers add an ième at the end. |
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What are the cardinal numbers 1-20? |
un (une) deaux trois quatre cinq six sept huit neuf dix onze (11) douze (12) treize (13) quatorze (14) quinze (15) seize (16) dix-sept (17) dix-huit (18) dix-neuf (19) vingt (20) |
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What are 21 and 22? |
vingt-et-un vingt-deux |
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What are 31 and 32 |
trente-et-un trente-deux |
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What are 41 and 42 |
quarante-et-un quarante-deux |
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What are 51 and 52 |
cinquante-et-un cinquante-deux |
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What are 61 and 62? |
soixante-et-un soixante-deux |
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What are 70, 71 and 72? |
soixante-dix soixante-et-onze soixante-douze |
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What are 81 and 82? |
quatre-vingt-un quatre-vingt-deux |
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What is 90, 91, and 92 |
quatre-vingt-dix quatre-vingt-onze quatre-vingt-douze |
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What is 100? |
cent |
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What is 1000? |
mille |
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What is 1,000,000 |
un million |
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What is 1,000,000,000 |
un milliard |
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How do you make a noun into an adjective? |
The main noun is linked to then oun that has become an adjective with an à or de, which are not translated. Sometimes the à becomes an au or aux. |
