Look at these adjectives:
J'ai acheté un sac cher et une robe chère.
I bought an expensive bag and an expensive dress.
Je prends le dernier train avec ma dernière valise.
I'm taking the last train with my last suitcase.
Cher Matt, chère Kate, vous me manquez.
Dear Matt, dear Kate, I miss you.
Je parle une langue étrangère dans un pays étranger.
I speak a foreign language in a foreign country.
Note that adjectives ending in -er in the masculine form change to -ère in the feminine form.
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Elle portait un manteau léger et une jupe légère.
She wore a light coat and a light skirt.
Je parle une langue étrangère dans un pays étranger.
I speak a foreign language in a foreign country.
Le premier jour de la première semaine, j'étais fatigué.
On the first day of the first week, I was tired.
Je prends le dernier train avec ma dernière valise.
I'm taking the last train with my last suitcase.
Cher Matt, chère Kate, vous me manquez.
Dear Matt, dear Kate, I miss you.
J'ai acheté un sac cher et une robe chère.
I bought an expensive bag and an expensive dress.
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Chris
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21/03/18
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Ann
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17 July 2018
2 replies
why are ses dons jardinière used rather than dons jardiniers in the weekend writing challenge. We are speaking of a woman. But it is not dons de
jardinière, so the adjective is modifying masculine dons
Aurélie
Kwiziq language super star
20 July 2018
20/07/18
Bonjour Ann!
Actually in the French sentence jardinière is not an adjective, but a noun used as a complement: literally "gifts of gardener / gardener's gifts", hence the agreement with the gifted person :)
Bonne journée !
Ann
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20 July 2018
20/07/18