The Rule of Agreement

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This rule is very important as it considered grammatically incorrect if you don't apply it to nouns.
In general:

》For masculine singular nouns, add nothing

》For feminine singular nouns, add an e

》For masculine plural nouns, add an s

》For feminine plural nouns, add es

Some nouns do not take agreement, for example:

Noisette- hazel

Marron- brown

Châtain- chestnut (it can sometimes agree with the number)

These are known as invariable nouns.

MASCULINE NOUNS

They will always remain default in the singular.

In the plural, add s if it doesn't end in s or x.

E.g. je suis heureux- I am happy (masculine singular)
Ils sont heureux- they are happy (masculine plural/ mixed)

FEMININE NOUNS

In general, add an e
However, some nouns double up on their last letter before adding the e

Examples:

italien- italienne

parisien- parisienne

Some nouns change their endings:

》change eux to euse

》change f to ve

》change er to ère

To make these plural, simply add an s.

Some verbs may not take an s in the masculine plural, but they will always in the feminine plural.

Example:
gris- grey

》Masculine Singular: gris

》Masculine plural: gris

》Feminine singular: grise

》Feminine plural: grises

PLURAL NOUNS

The only real important thing to know here is to change -al to -aux when changing to the plural.

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