Review Test Notes Adjectives to Describe People
Pg. 139
- **grand, grande, grands, grandes (tall)
- **petit, petite, petits, petites (short)
- blond, blonde, blonds, blondes (blonde)
- brun, brune, bruns, brunes (dark-haired)
- roux, rousse, roux, rousses (red-haired)
- **beau, belle, beaux, belles (handsome, beautiful)
- **joli, jolie, jolis, jolies (pretty: not used to describe boys, but is used to describe masculine objects)
- **jeune, jeune, jeunes, jeunes (young)
- **We'll talk about what is different about these later in the year.
Pg. 165
- amusant, amusante, amusants, amusantes (fun, amusing)
- intelligent, intelligente, intelligents, intelligentes (intelligent)
- intéressant, intéressante, intéressants, intéressantes (interesting)
- méchant, méchante, méchants, méchantes (mean)
- bête, bête, bêtes, bêtes (silly, dumb)
- sympathique, sympathique, sympathiques, sympathiques (nice, pleasant)
- gentil, gentille, gentils, gentilles (nice, kind)
- timide, timide, timides, timides (shy, timid)
- mignon, mignonne, mignons, mignonnes (cute)
- sportif, sportive, sportifs, sportives (athletic)
These are not in your book, but you need to know them.
- content, contente, contents, contentes (happy)
- triste, triste, tristes, tristes (sad)
- riche, riche, riches, riches (rich)
- pauvre, pauvre, pauvres, pauvres (poor)
- fatigué, fatiguée, fatigués, fatiguées (tired)
- génial, géniale, génials, géniales (brilliant)
- stupide, stupide, stupides, stupides (stupid)
- drôle, drôle, drôles, drôles (funny)
- pénible, pénible, pénibles, pénibles (annoying)
Adverbs: these never change!
- assez (rather)
- Je suis assez triste. (I'm rather sad.)
- très (very)
- Mme. Koss est très belle, n'est-ce pas?