\nThe following is by my understanding.<\/p>\n
\nIn English, it’s a blue pencil, a blue car, or some blue cars. The adjective blue<\/em> doesn’t change, no matter what it describes.<\/p>\n \nIn French, there is adjective agreement, meaning the adjective changes spelling according to the noun it describes:<\/p>\n \nUn crayon bleu. (A blue pencil: pencil is masculine.)<\/p>\n \nLes crayons bleus. (The blue pencils.)\n<\/p> \nUne auto bleue. (A blue car: car is feminine.)\n<\/p>\n \nLes autos bleues. (The blue cars.)<\/p>\n \nSo, as shown above, a French adjective will change its ending depending on whether the noun it describes is masculine or feminine, as well as whether it’s singular or plural.<\/p>\n \nBleu is a regular adjective: as such, it adds an e for feminine, and s for plural.<\/p>\n \nIn spoken French, especially to an Anglophone, the difference in pronunciation due to adjective agreement can be subtle, especially with regular adjectives.<\/p>\n With irregular adjectives, however, the change in spelling between masculine or feminine, singular or plural, can be more significant, changing the adjective’s pronunciation enough that it sounds like a different word.<\/p>\n \nI hope to follow up about irregular adjectives in some future posts.<\/p>\n Source:<\/p>\n Kenney,M., Burville,V., Hickox,B., Hill,J., Potter,C. (1977). Passport Fran\u00e7ais 8: Bonne Chance!<\/em> D.C. Heath Canada Ltd.<\/p>\nJack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.\nWith\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Self-tutoring about French: the tutor mentions how French adjectives change according to the nouns they describe. …<\/p>\n