Welcome to this deck on French adjectives. You will learn the two most important rules for using them correctly: how to make them agree with the noun they describe, and where to place them in a sentence. We'll cover agreement for gender and number, the standard position for adjectives, and the common exceptions known by the acronym BAGS.

Let's start with gender. In French, every noun is either masculine or feminine, and the adjective must agree with it. The most common rule is simple: to make a masculine adjective feminine, you usually just add the letter 'e' to the end. For example, 'grand', meaning tall, becomes 'grande'.

Of course, there are some exceptions. If a masculine adjective already ends in an 'e', like 'jeune' meaning young, you don't need to change it for the feminine form. Other patterns include adjectives ending in 'eux', which change to 'euse', like 'heureux' becoming 'heureuse'. Adjectives ending in 'f' change to 've', like 'sportif' becoming 'sportive'. And some adjectives double the final consonant, like 'bon' becoming 'bonne'.