Posted by Aurélie Drouard

In: Level A2, Adjectives & Adverbs, Pronom sujet, Adjectif, Genre masculin

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Look at these four cases:

Rien n'est gratuit
Nothing is free

Personne n'est heureux.
No-one is happy.

Tout le monde est joli.
Everyone is pretty.

Quelqu'un est petit.
Someone is small.

Notice that adjectives (describing words) following rien (nothing), personne (nobody), tout le monde (everybody), quelqu'un (someone), are always in the masculine form, even if what they describe is feminine.

BUT Une personne is feminine, so Une personne est heureuse.

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BlakeC1

How about plurality?

Does this lesson imply anything about the singularity/plurality of adjectives following these pronouns?

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ChrisC1

They are generally singular.

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BlakeC1

Is that worth putting in the lesson itself?

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Blake asked:View original

How about plurality?

Does this lesson imply anything about the singularity/plurality of adjectives following these pronouns?

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JenniferC1

tout le monde est nouveau? Why not nouvel

I seem to vaguely remember that there are two ways of talking about new, depending on how new the object is. Here I used nouvel but the correct answer was nouvel? Can anyone enlighten me?

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GruffKwiziq language super star

Hi Jennifer, nouvel is used for the masculine form only when it's followed by a vowel or mute h.

More info here:
https://french.kwiziq.com/revision/grammar/beau-nouveau-vieux-fou-mou-two-masculine-and-one-feminine-form

 

 

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ChrisC1

As Gruff said, "nouvel" is used for the male form when it starts with a vowel or silent h. When you talk about the two forms of "new" you probably mean nouveau/nouvelle vs. neuf/neuve. 

"Ma nouvelle voiture" is a car that is new to you but not newly made. 

"Ma voiture neuve" is a car hot off the assembly line. 

-- Chris (not a native speaker). 

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Jennifer asked:View original

tout le monde est nouveau? Why not nouvel

I seem to vaguely remember that there are two ways of talking about new, depending on how new the object is. Here I used nouvel but the correct answer was nouvel? Can anyone enlighten me?

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