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A2 Lesson 2 of 3 · Feelings & Personality

Describing personality

Describe someone’s character with adjectives and their feminine forms.

13 min · 8 activities

In this lesson you will

  • Use twenty character adjectives
  • Form irregular feminines: -eux / -euse, -if / -ive
  • Nuance with très, assez, un peu, trop
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Lesson summary

The key points to remember, for revision.

  • 1Feminine: + e; -eux → -euse; -if → -ive; -on → -onne; -el → -elle.
  • 2Adjectives ending in -e do not change: timide, sympathique, honnête.
  • 3Nuance: très, assez, un peu, trop, pas du tout.
  • 4“Un peu” softens a flaw: il est un peu timide.

Key vocabulary

bavardtalkative
paresseuxlazy
drôlefunny
honnêtehonest
égoïsteselfish