Adjectives in -e

Level 1

Jove has one form for both genders; other adjectives in -e have a separate feminine.

How It Works

An adjective that ends in -e does not always add -a for the feminine. Jove (young) has one form for both genders: un òme jove, una femna jove. Many other adjectives in -e change in the feminine, so learn each pair.

Masculine	Feminine	Meaning
jove	jove	young
roge	roja	red (the g becomes j)
negre	negra	black
paure	paura	poor

The plural adds -s: joves, roges, rojas, negres, negras. When you meet a new adjective in -e, check its feminine in a dictionary: Laus gives it after the comma, as in negre, -a. Some writers use jova for a young woman, but jove is the usual form and the one this course uses.

Examples (5)

Joan es jove.
Joan is young.
Jove describes a man.
Maria es jove.
Maria is young.
The same form describes a woman.
Lo libre es roge.
The book is red.
Roge goes with a masculine noun.
La pòrta es roja.
The door is red.
Roge becomes roja in the feminine.
La cadièra es negra.
The chair is black.
Negre becomes negra.

Common Mistakes

Keeping the masculine -e with a feminine noun.
La pòrta es roge.
La pòrta es roja.
Roge has its own feminine, roja, with a j.

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Learn This First

Adjectives in -e are a special case of the feminine, so the feminine of adjectives comes first.

Feminine Adjectives
Know the feminine of adjectives, because adjectives in -e are the group where some, like jove, keep one form for both genders: Joan es jove, Maria es jove.
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