French language Q&A Forum

Richard noted the adjective ‘violet’ changes with gender and number, despite being named after a real thing.  Cécile answered the question.  It took me a while to comprehend the answer, so if you don't mind I will add some comments to help myself and anyone else who might have the same difficulty.  I think what Cécile is saying is the name of the flower is "violette", not violet; and because the original name of the colour is "violet", not violette, the two are not the same.  They look close, but they are not identical.  If the name of the flower en français was "violet", the story would be different.

Can one use the construction attendre jusqu'à ce que..?

for example if i wanted to say i'm waiting until i am ready, could i say

j'attends jusqu'à ce que je sois prêt 

or would I just say

j'attends que je sois prêt.

Merci.

What about laid/laide (ugly) ? Does it come before a noun or after?