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French Language Grammar and Pronunciation Glossary
Descriptive Adjective
Adjectif descriptif

Definition
   
A descriptive adjective describes a quality of a noun or pronoun. Like other French adjectives, descriptive adjectives have to agree with the word they modify in gender and number.
 

Related terms

  * noun
  * gender
  * number
  * pronoun
  * adjective
  * agreement

Grammar glossary

Adjectives bon, bonne, bons, bonnes
joli, jolie, jolis, jolies
jeune, jeunes
good
pretty
young
 
Lessons
   
French adjectives

  

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