[0:00]Bonjour. Today we are going to learn 25 really useful French adjectives and their opposites.
[0:11]As always, there is a guide available with this lesson. Why don't you click on the join button to access my superb guide and my live lessons as well. Okay, let's start. Beau, belle. As you can see, we have beau as a masculine singular version of the adjective and belle as the feminine singular version of the adjective. So, this means handsome or beautiful. What's the opposite of handsome or beautiful? Ugly. In French we say, laid or laid, depending whether we're referring to something feminine or masculine. Another word for ugly is moche in French. Bon, bonne, and that means good. What's the opposite of good? Bad. So in French we say mauvais or mauvaise. It's if it's a feminine adjective. Bruyant, bruyante, that means noisy. Bruyant, bruyante. Now the opposite of that will be quiet. So we say silencieux or silencieuse. Have a look at that. Silencieux or silencieuse. Content, contente. And that means happy. The opposite of happy is sad. In French we say, triste. Triste. For both masculine and feminine, because that word already has an E at the end. Courageux, courageuse. That's courageous. The opposite of courageous is coward. So we say lâche in French. Lâche. And again, it has already an E at the end, so we don't need to transform it for feminine. It's the same for masculine, feminine. Délicieux, délicieuse. So that's delicious. Now the opposite is disgusting. So we say dégoûtant or dégoûtante. Différent, différente. That's different. The opposite would be the same, similar or similar, that's exactly the word. Similaire. Similaire. And once again, we don't have a feminine or masculine version. It's the same for both because it has an E at the end. Facile. Facile and that means easy. Facile. What's the opposite of facile? It's difficult. So we say either difficile for both feminine masculine or dur. Dur. I did an E here if it's a feminine adjective. Fort, forte. That means strong. Fort, forte. The opposite of that is weak. It's faible. Faible. Froid, froide. That's cold. The opposite is hot. Chaud, chaude. Chaud, chaude. Grand, grande. Grand, grande. So the opposite of tall is small or short. So you would say petit, petite. Petit, petite. Gros ou grosse and that means fat. Gros ou grosse. So the opposite would be either slim or skinny. So we would say mince for slim, maigre for skinny. Jeune. That's young. So the opposite of young is old. So it would be either vieux or vieille depending on whether we were talking about something masculine or something feminine. Large. Large. And that means wide. So the opposite is narrow. In French we say, étroit ou étroite. Léger ou légère which is light. So the opposite is heavy. We would say, lourd ou lourde. Okay and that's heavy. Long, longue. That's long. And the opposite would be short. Court ou courte. Short. Méchant, méchante. That's mean or nasty. Méchant, méchante. So the opposite would be nice. And we would say gentil, gentille. Okay, have a look at gentille. And that's the feminine version of that adjective. Mouillé. Mouillée and that means wet. So the opposite of that is dry. So we would say sec ou sèche. Sec ou sèche depending again if we are referring to a feminine or masculine word. Neuf, neuve. And that means new. We have another word as well. It's nouveau ou nouvelle. So the opposite of new would be ancien ou ancienne. It would be usé ou usée as in used and it could be vieux ou vieille. Ouvert, ouverte means open. So we want to say closed. Fermé ou fermée. Okay, notice how the spelling is different but the pronunciation is the same for this letter adjective. Pauvre. That means poor. The opposite is rich. And we would say riche. Riche. Propre is clean. The opposite is dirty. And we would say sale. Sale. Rapide. And that means fast. Rapide and the opposite is slow. So in French we say lent ou lente. Vide. That is empty. Vide. The opposite is full in French we say plein ou pleine. And to finish, vrai, that is true. And the opposite is false. So we say faux ou fausse. That's it for the end of the adjectives and their opposite. Please leave a comment using one of these adjectives in the comments below and subscribe to Learn French With Alexa and check my website learnfrenchwithalexa.com. Au revoir, à bientôt. Bisous bisous.
