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Adjectives
Adjectives in french are as a main rule placed after the noun which the adjectives are describing.
Ex: un livre intéressant, un film passionnant
 
 A few adjectives which describes elementary properties are placed before the nouns which they describe.
Ex: beau, joli, gros, bon, mauvais, court, long, haut, bas, jeune, vieux, nouveau, vieux, petit, grand, premier, dernier.
 
 Other adjectives, which often are placed before the nouns are:
autre, double, gentil, gentille, léger, légère, mou, mol, molle, seul.
 
 Some adjectives, which do not belong to the group of elementary properties will, when they are placed before the nouns, become more 'natural' and of less importance. Un travail dur is a harder labour than un dur travail, implying that labour per definition is hard.
A few adjectives have a different meaning, according to their location:
Placed before the noun Adjective Placed after the noun
another, one more
dirty (fig)
own
cursed
only
former
good, nice
lovely
right, true
pitiful
certain 		autre
sale
propre
sacré
seul
ancien
brave
cher
vrai
pauvre
certain 		different
dirty, filthy (con)
clean
holy
lonesome, alone
old
brave
expensive
truthful
poor
sure
   
Adjectives form feminine by adding an e, and plural by adding a s. Excepted from adding a s in plural are adjectives ending on s and x.
A number of adjectives are also used as nouns. Ex: un jeune, les jeunes, les socialistes, les retraités
 
 In singular the adjective used as a noun is neutral.
l'impossible - the impossible
le bien, le mal - the good (one), the bad (one)
la seule chose - the only (one)
le seul/la seule - the only (one) (about a person)
700 french adjectives
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