Adjectives ending with mute -e don't change in the feminine form

Posted by Aurélie Drouard

In: Level A1, Adjectives & Adverbs, Adjectif, Genre masculin, Genre féminin

Questions: 2

You probably already know the first rule of adding an 'e' to make a feminine adjective (See previous lesson Make most adjectives feminine by adding -e):

Il y a un rat gris et une souris grise.
There is a grey rat and a grey mouse.

Now look at these cases:

J'ai acheté un sac rouge et une robe rouge.
I bought a red bag and a red dress.

Il connaît un garçon timide et une fille timide.
He knows a shy boy and a shy girl.

Je me suis cassé le bras gauche et la main gauche.
I broke my left arm and my left hand.

Notice that when the adjective already ends in a mute -e in the masculine form, it stays the same in the feminine form.

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Maria

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30 August 2016

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how will i know if it is a mute e

Laura

Kwiziq language super star

30 August 2016

30/08/16

Bonjour Maria, An unaccented e at the end of a word is always mute.

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