French Adjectives – Agreement in Colour Words

French colour words, like other adjectives, must change their forms depending on whether the nouns they are describing are masculine (le/un words) or feminine (la/une words) and singular or plural. Eg. le crayon noir (the black pencil)      les crayons noirs (the black pencils)      la chaussure noire (the black shoe)      les chaussures noires (the black shoes) … Read more

French Adjectives – Agreement in Number and Gender

French adjectives can change their forms depending on whether the nouns they describe are masculine or feminine, singular or plural. Usually the feminine form adds “e” to the masculine adjective. This can change the pronunciation of the adjective by causing the final consonant to be pronounced. Eg.: The dog is small.     ms Le chien est petit. … Read more

Les adjectifs – French Adjectives

French adjectives must change their forms depending on whether the nouns they describe are masculine or feminine, singular or plural. Usually the feminine form adds “e” to the masculine adjective. This can change the pronunciation of the adjective by causing the final consonant to be pronounced. The dog is small.Le chien est petit. (puh-TEE)The mouse … Read more

Using Colour Words

In French the colour words come after the nouns that they describe. For example:une pomme rouge = a red apple (an apple, red) See if you can translate the following phrases: une tomate rougeun chien brunune banane jauneune carotte orangele céleri vert Try our Colour Wordsearch and Colour Crossword Puzzles. Visit our sponsor Nallenart for … Read more