Page Outline:
          A)  Regular Adjectives Forms
                    1)  Masculine singular form, ending common
                    2)  Masculine singular form, ending 'e'
                    3)  Masculine singular form, ending 's'
                    4)  Masculine singular form, ending 'eux'
                    5)  Masculine singular form, ending 'f'
                    6)  Masculine singular form, ending 'el'
                    7)  Masculine singular form, ending 'al'
           B)  Irregular Adjectives
                    1)  Beau
                    2)  Vieux
                    3)  Nouveau

Regular Adjective Forms:

1) Masculine Singular Common Form:

intelligent
Masculine
Feminine
Singular
intelligent
intelligente
Plural
intelligents
intelligentes

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Remember, in spoken French final consonants (and final e's) are usually not pronounced. So the t' in intelligent' is not pronounced. When you add an e' on intelligent', you can't hear the e', but it does mean that you pronounce the t' since this is no longer a final consonant.

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2) Masculine Singular form ending in 'e'

solid
Masculine
Feminine
Singular
solide
solide
Plural
solides
solides

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There is no change in pronunciation between the masculine and feminine forms. The 'd' is pronounced it is not a final consonant but the 'e' is not.

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3) Masculine Singular form ending in 's'

'French'
Masculine
Feminine
Singular
français
française
Plural
français
françaises

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Since the 's' in 'français' is a final consonant, it is not pronounced. But when you add the 'e' in the feminine form, you do pronounce the 's' (and since the 's' come between two vowels, 'française' is pronounced with a 'z' sound).

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3) Masculine Singular form ending in 'eux'

'terrible'
Masculine
Feminine
Singular
affreux
affreuse
Plural
affreux
affreuses

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The 'x' in 'affreux' is a final consonant, and so is not pronounced. But the 's' in 'affreuse' is pronounced (like a 'z' since it comes between two vowels).

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4) Masculine Singular form ending in 'f'

'intensive'
Masculine
Feminine
Singular
intensif
intensive
Plural
intensifs
intensives

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Final 'f's are an exception to the rule that final consonants are not pronounced it is pronounced in 'intensif' as in all words ending in 'f'. In 'intensive' the 'v' is pronounced, but the 'e' isn't.

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5) Masculine Singular form ending in 'el'

'cruel'
Masculine
Feminine
Singular
cruel
cruelle
Plural
cruels
cruelles

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Final 'l's are sometimes pronounced and sometimes silent. They are usually pronounced in words ending in 'al', 'el' and 'ol', so the 'l' is pronounced in 'cruel'. 'Cruelle' is pronounced exactly the same way.

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6) Masculine Singular form ending in 'al'

'sentimental'
Masculine
Feminine
Singular
sentimental
sentimentale
Plural
sentimentaux
sentimentales

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Final 'l's are sometimes pronounced and sometimes silent. They are usually pronounced in words ending in 'al', 'el' and 'ol', so the 'l' is pronounced in 'sentimental'. 'Sentimentale' is pronounced exactly the same way.

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Irregular Adjective Forms:

1) Extra Masculine Singular Form before a vowel. (think of it as a liason)


Beau

'beautiful'
Masculine
Feminine
  
(before consonant)
(before vowel/mute h)
  
Singular
beau
bel
belle
Plural
beaux
belles

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'beau' is pronounced the same as 'beaux' (the final 'x' is silent).
'bel' is pronounced the same as 'belle' and 'belles' (the final 's' in the last one is silent).
               " Quel bel enfant ! "
               " Regarde le bel homme sur le cheval ! "

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Vieux

'old'
Masculine
Feminine
 
(before consonant)
(before vowel/mute h)
  
Singular
vieux
vieil
vieille
Plural
vieux
 
vieilles

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The 'x' on the end of 'vieux' is silent. 'vieil' is pronounced exactly the same way as 'vieille' and 'vieilles' (the final 's' in the last is silent).

When an 'i' comes before 'll', the 'l's are not pronounced like 'l's. Instead the 'ill' combination is pronounced like a 'y' sound. The same is true if an 'i' comes before a single 'l' at the very end of a word.

Some examples:  

le travail
travailler
la bouteille
l'ail
la fille
le fusil
le billet

(The only exceptions are 'la ville', and 'mille', and words based on these such as
'le village', 'le million'.)

Un vieil homme et sa vieille femme habitait une vieille maison dans une vieille forêt avec un vieux chien et deux vieux chats.

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Nouveau

'new'
Masculine
Feminine
 
(before consonant)
(before vowel/mute h)
Singular
nouveau
nouvel
nouvelle
Plural
nouveaux
nouvels
nouvelles

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Since the final 'x' is not pronounced, 'nouveaux' is pronounced the same as 'nouveau'. 'Nouvel' is pronounced the same as 'nouvelle' and 'nouvelles'.

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