1.1.5 Quantifying Adjectives, in L'Huillier, Advanced French Grammar

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Monique L'Huillier

Advanced French Grammar

1. Framework

1.1 Parts of Speech

1.1.5 Quantifying Adjectives

(i) Qualities

Qualifying adjectives express some quality of the noun's referent.

(ii) Gender & Number Agreement

Quantifying adjectives agree in number and gender with their noun

1) Gender: Masculine or Feminine

Ex,

un livre intéressant; une belle robe

2) Number: Singular or Plural

une grande maison; des gens importants

L'Huillier, Monique. Advanced French Grammar. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999.

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