Adjective Agreement in Gender and Number in French

In French, adjectives need to match the nouns they describe. This matching happens in two ways: gender (masculine or feminine) and number (singular or plural).

1. Gender Agreement

• Masculine singular: You don’t need to change anything.

  • Example: un chat noir (a black cat)

• Feminine singular: You need to add -e.

  • Example: une chienne noire (a black dog)

2. Plural Agreement

• Masculine plural: Add -s.

  • Example: des chats noirs (black cats)

• Feminine plural: Add -es.

  • Example: des chiennes noires (black dogs)

Summary

• Masculine singular: no change
• Feminine singular: add -e
• Masculine plural: add -s
• Feminine plural: add -es