AP French Language & Culture · Unit 2: Personal & Public Identities
2.2 Adjective Agreement & Placement
Agreement
French adjectives agree in gender and number. Add -e for feminine, -s for plural: 'un ami intelligent' → 'une amie intelligente' → 'des amies intelligentes.'
Placement — usually after
Most adjectives come after the noun: 'une voiture rouge' (a red car), 'un livre intéressant.'
BAGS before the noun
A small set comes before the noun — Beauty, Age, Goodness, Size: beau, joli, jeune, vieux, nouveau, bon, mauvais, grand, petit: 'une belle maison,' 'un bon ami.'
Key terms
- Agreement
- gender (+e) and number (+s): intelligent → intelligentes
- Default placement
- after the noun: une voiture rouge
- BAGS
- Beauty, Age, Goodness, Size — go before the noun
- Before example
- un bon ami, une belle maison
- After example
- un livre intéressant, une robe bleue
Try an AP-style question
Which is correct?
- une belle maison
- une maison belle
- un belle maison
- une beau maison
Show the answer
A. BAGS before noun.
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