Message de katel posté le 2004-08-14 17:23:13 (S | E | F | I)
The placement of most adjectives in French is after the noun:


(For instance :un escargot parlant, une fourmi travailleuse, des tatous intelligents, etc).


There is a small group of adjectives, however, that normally precede the noun. These adjectives may be categorized as adjectives of Beauty, Age, Numbers Goodness, and Size (BANGS).

autre, other/
beau (belle), beautiful/ bon (bonne), good/
grand (grande), tall, big/ gros (grosse), big, fat/
jeune, young/ joli (jolie), pretty/
mauvais (mauvaise), bad/ nouveau (nouvelle), new/
petit (petite), little / vieux (vieille), old/

ordinal numbers:
premier (première), first deuxième, second troisième, third, etc.

Tammy est une belle Américaine. C'est aussi une bonne amie.
Tammy is a beautiful American woman. She is also a good friend.

Trey est le jeune frère de Tex. C'est le troisième enfant de la famille.
Trey is Tex's young brother. He is the third child in the family.


beau, nouveau, vieux
Beau, nouveau, and vieux have irregular forms. Note the special forms in the masculine singular when they precede a word that begins with a vowel or a silent h.


masculine singular: beau nouveau vieux/

masculine before
vowel: bel nouvel vieil/

feminine singular: belle nouvelle vieille/

masculine plural: beaux nouveaux vieux/

feminine plural: belles nouvelles vieilles




You will be able to find that grammar file on the website below as well as exercices with corrections.

http://globegate.utm.edu/french/globegate_mirror/gramm.html


I think that this website would be very useful for every french learner.

Katel