Feminine Adjectives
An adjective takes a feminine ending when it describes a feminine noun.
How It Works
An adjective has the gender of the noun it describes. To make the feminine, most adjectives add -a to the masculine form. This works beside the noun (una cadièra blava) and after es (La cadièra es blava.).
| Masculine | Feminine | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| content | contenta | happy |
| grand | granda | big |
| blanc | blanca | white |
| blau | blava | blue |
| nòu | nòva | new |
| francés | francesa | French |
Watch the spelling. After -u the feminine ends in -va (blau, blava), and the accent of a final -és disappears (francés, francesa). Learn each feminine next to its masculine. Adjectives that end in -e follow their own pattern.
Examples (4)
- La dròlla es contenta.
The girl is happy.
Contenta takes -a because dròlla is feminine.
- La pòrta es granda.
The door is big.
Granda is the feminine of grand.
- La cadièra es blava.
The chair is blue.
Blau becomes blava.
- Maria es francesa.
Maria is French.
Francés loses its accent in francesa.
Common Mistakes
Using the masculine form with a feminine noun.
La pòrta es blau.La pòrta es blava.Pòrta is feminine, so the adjective needs its feminine form, blava.
How It Connects
Learn This First
An adjective takes the gender of its noun, so the gender of nouns comes first.
Related Patterns
Learn Next
Patterns that build on this one.
- Adjectives After the NounLevel 1
- Nationalities and LanguagesLevel 1
- autre, autraOther and AnotherLevel 2
- mai ... queMore thanLevel 2
- primièr, segond, tresenOrdinal NumbersLevel 2
- Adverbs in -amentLevel 3
- Adjectives in -ósLevel 3
- meteisThe SameLevel 3
And 5 more in the full list.
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