1. Using French colors to describe animals

2. Noir Pronounced nwar

3. Blanc Pronounced bla~ The “c” is silent

4. Gris Pronounced gree The “s” is silent

5. Bleu Pronouned more “guttural” than English Think of bleu cheese

6. Rouge Pronounced rew-zh Moulin Rouge Baton Rouge

7. Jaune Pronounced zhohn Liver illness: jaundice

8. Vert Pronounced ver “t” is silent

9. Violet Pronounced vee-oh-lay “t” is silent

10. Rose La panthère est rose.

11. Brun

12. Marron A darker brown than “brun” www.galleryone.com

13. Orange Pronounced oh-ra~zh

14. Masculine & Feminine Do you notice anything special about all these words? Le chat Le perroquet Le poisson Le serpent Le crapaud Le papillon Le cheval Le lézard

15. Some animal names are feminine La colombe La grenouille La pieuvre La souris La girafe La fourmi La coccinelle

16. Do all words use Le and La ? All nouns have to have an article in French Nouns that begin with a vowel (or a silent “h”) don’t use Le or La L’ours L’oiseau L’écureuil L’éléphant L’abeille

17. What part of speech are colors? Sometimes colors can be nouns Blue is my favorite color. I choose red! Most of the time, colors are adjectives What makes a word an adjective? In English adjectives come before the noun: The blue bird In English, nouns are neither feminine nor masculine In English, adjectives only have one form, nothing about them changes

18. Adjectives in French In French, all nouns are either masculine or feminine Since adjectives describe nouns, they also have masculine and feminine forms In French, the adjective comes after the noun: L’oiseau bleu The adjective has to agree with the noun’s gender (masculine/feminine)

19. Examples of adjective agreement Masculin L’oiseau bleu Le cheval brun Le lézard vert L’ours noir Le chat blanc Féminin La pieuvre bleue La fourmi brune La grenouille verte L’abeille noire et jaune La souris blanche

20. Colors that change forms NoirNoire BlancBlanche VertVerte BleuBleue GrisGrise VioletViolette BrunBrune

21. Colors that don’t change Orange Marron Rouge Rose Pourpre Jaune www.gifanimations.com

22. Exercises How would you write these in French? 1.The white horse 2.The blue butterfly 3.The gray octopus 4.The yellow lizard 5.The green toad 6.The black frog 7.The red parrot 8.The orange cat