#french adjectives

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rédhibitoire

/RéDeeBeeTwahr/

-> adj. unacceptable, crippling, a deal-breaker, a turn-off, causing an action to not happen because of it, an unsurmountable obstacle

~ Je peux pas être dans une relation avec quelqu'un qui marche avec ses chaussures à la maison, c'est rédhibitoire.

~ I can't be in a relationship with someone who walks with shoes in the house, it's a deal-breaker.

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French adjectives that precede the noun (BAGS/BANGS)

bags/bangs stand for Beauty-Age-Number-Goodness-Size

When composing sentences in French the adjective always goes after the noun. For example: j'aime cette robe rouge. (I like this red dress.)

However when using BAGS/BANGS these particular words are placed before the noun.

This is also true for ordinal numbers: la deuxième mois de l'année est fevier (The second month of the year is Febuary).

B- beau, belle, joli, jolie, vilain, vilaine

A- Nouveau, nouvelle, vieux, vieille, jeune

N- [j’ai cinq ans], [prendre la première classe]

G- bon, bonne, mauvais, mauvaise, meilleur, meilleure

S- petit, petite, court, courte

If you’re not sure if an adjective comes before or after the noun, think ‘BANGS’

lets try some examples: ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

1. She is a beautiful girl :

(A) Elle est une belle fille.

(B) Elle est une fille belle.

2. They have a new car:

(A)  ils ont une voiture nouvelle.

(B)  ils ont une nouvelle voiture.

3. Enfin! My first day in my new office:

(A) Enfin! Mon premier jour dans mon bureau nouveau.

(B) Enfin! Mon jour premier dans mon nouveau bureau.

(C) Enfin! Mon jour premier dans mon bureau nouveau.

(D) Enfin! Mon premier jour dans mon nouveau bureau.

*answers tagged

NOTE:  There are some exceptions to BAGS/BANGS when it comes to some words, ‘Grand(e)’ is one of them. depending on where the adjective is placed, it can change the meaning. The BAGS/BANGS adjective before the noun could mean it figuratively vs after the noun meaning it literally. *Grand is an exception so it does not follow BAGS/BANGS rule.

ex:  Monsieur Phillips est un grand homme.

Mr. phillips is a great man.- figuratively M. Phillips is a great person. You always hear great things about  him from other people.

ex:  Monsieur Phillips est un homme grand.

Mr. phillips is a tall man  - literally, M. Phillips is a tall man; 7 ft to be exact.

pt2 Exceptions with BAGS/BANGS

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Adjectives ending in -ique

pratique- practical

dramatique- dramatic

pragmatique- pragmatic

frénétique- frenetic, frenzied

sceptique- sceptical

dyspeptique- dyspeptic 

romantique- romantic

pédantique- pedantic

critique- critical

parasitique- parasitic

allegorique- allegoric, allegorical

metaphorique- metaphoric, metaphorical

statistique- statistical

mystique- mystical

politique- political

académique- academic

hystérique- hysterical

cynique- cynical

[studynlangs]

La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc vocab

I watched La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc a while ago for an assignment and there were quite a few words I didn’t know so I decided to make a vocab list :)

VERBS

agenouiller - to kneel

arracher - to remove 

bouter - to drive out/push out

confier - to entrust 

daigner faire - to deign to do

dicter -  to dictate

enterrer - to bury

exiger - to demand

nuire - to harm

 prétendre - to claim/say

renier - to renounce

trahir - to betray

trépasser - to pass away

NOUNS

f. abjuration - abjuring 

f. affliction - affliction/suffering

f. aile - wing 

m. bourreau - executioner 

m. bûcher - pyre

mpl. errements - misguided ways

m. habit - item of clothing 

m. péché - sin

m. seigneur - lord

m. sol - earth/soil

ADJECTIVES

entouré - surrounded 

miséricodieux - merciful/forgiving 

vêtu - dressed

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Color Adjectives

Yo yo yo, I was going through an old french workbook I have and I wanted to redo it -see if I’ve improved any lmao- and I think the notes are rather cool. so here’s the section about colors~ 

Adjectives of color normally follow the noun and agree with it in gender and in number. 

une chemise belue

des livres gris

des chaussures vertes

Two adjectives of color, blanc and violet, have irregular feminine forms. 

un crayon blanc

un chemise blanche

des cahiers violets 

des voitures violettes

Adjectives of color ending in silent (-e) are spelled the same in both masculine and feminine. 

des cahiers Jaunes

des fleurs jaunes 

une chaise rouge

un manteau rouge 

des pull-overs roses

des chaussettes roses

Vocab!

blanc(he)  || white

bleu(e) || blue

blond(e)  || blonde

brun(e)  || dark-haired / brunette 

gris(e)  || grey

jaune  || yellow

marron || brown

noir(e)  || black

orange || orange

rose  || pink

rouge  || red

vert(e)  || green

violet(te)  ||  purple 

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28∙09∙17 ∙ here are some french adjectives, masculine and feminine. 

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24.04.17 time to get my revising head on as my exams are creeping up round the corner👀- learning new french vocab for my exam in 3 weeks !!

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French Vocabulary: Adjectives

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