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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

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Which is correct?

  1. une belle maison
  2. une maison belle
  3. un belle maison
  4. une beau maison
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A. BAGS before noun.

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