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Adjectives: before or after the noun

CEFR A1 · part 2

edumaterial's parts within the level. The European framework does not subdivide them.

The rule, in three lines

French adjectives agree with the noun: -e for feminine, -s for plural. And they go after the noun, except a short group that goes before.

The usual slip. Putting every adjective in front, because that is where English always puts it — and not making it agree at all.

Why it catches you out. English puts adjectives ALWAYS in front and they never agree, so you have two problems at once: wrong position and no agreement. Une rouge voiture is wrong twice over.