French Phrases: Basic French adjectives
Basic French adjectives
| petit | pəti | small | | grand | gʁɑ̃ | large | | jeune | jœn | young | | âgé | aʒe | elderly | | bon | bõ | good; right | | mauvais | move | bad; wrong | | froid | fʁwa | cold | | chaud | ʃo | hot | | bien chaud | bjæ̃ ʃo | warm | | beau | bo | handsome; beautiful (with masculine noun) | | belle | bɛl | beautiful (with feminine person or noun) | | long | lõ | long | | court | kuʁ | short | | fort | fɔʁ | strong | | faible | fɛbl | weak (person) | | clair | klɛʁ | clear, bright (light); thin (soup etc) | | proche | pʁɔʃ | near | | bas | ba | low | | haut | o | high, tall | | nouveau | nuvo | new | | vieux | vyø | old (masculine) | | vieille | vyɛj | old (feminine) | | facile | fasil | easy | | difficile | difisil | difficult | | dur | duʁ | hard (as in 'difficult' or 'not soft') | | leger | leʒe | light (as in 'not heavy') | | lourd | luʁ | heavy | | propre | pʁɔpʁ | clean | | sale | sal | dirty | | plein | plæ̃ | full | | vide | vid | empty | | sec | sɛk | dry | | humide | ymid | damp, wet | | frais | fʁɛ | fresh; chilly; wet (paint) |
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Basuc adjectives to do with feelings, health, emotions
As a general rule, add an -e (and pronounce the final
consonant) when an adjective refers to a feminine noun.
Words that can be used with adjectives
The following words can be used to 'enhance' adjectives. Unless indicated,
they can be used with either a masculine or feminine adjective:
| plus... | ply | more..., ...er | | moins... | mwæ̃ | less... | | très... | tʁe, tʁɛ | very... | | tout... | tu | all..., completely... (masculine) | | toute... | tut | all..., completely... (feminine) | | complètement... | cõplɛtmɑ̃ | completely... | | bien... | bjæ̃ | quite..., rather..., pretty... | | assez... | ase | quite..., rather...; sufficiently... | | peu... | pø | hardly..., not... | | pas... | pa | not... | | si... | si | so... | | tellement... | tɛlmɑ̃ | so... | | gravement... | gʁavmɑ̃ | seriously... | | nettement... | nɛtmɑ̃ | noticeably... |
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