| Grammar Notes: Une photo avec un chat. L'image est en noir et blanc, à l'exception des yeux rouges du chat. 1. Une - A feminine singular article meaning "a" or "an." - Used here because "photo" is feminine. 2. photo - A feminine noun meaning "photo" or "picture." - No infinitive applicable. 3. avec - A preposition meaning "with." - No infinitive applicable. 4. un - A masculine singular article meaning "a" or "an." - Used because "chat" is masculine. 5. chat - A masculine noun meaning "cat." - No infinitive applicable. 6. L'image - A contraction of La (feminine singular article) + image (feminine noun meaning "image"). - Together, it means "The image." 7. est - Third-person singular form of être (to be). - Means "is." 8. en - A preposition meaning "in." - Often used to indicate a state or medium. 9. noir et blanc - Masculine adjectives meaning "black and white." - Used together to describe something in grayscale. - Adjectives agree with the gender and number of the noun they describe. 10. à l'exception - A phrase meaning "with the exception." - à (preposition meaning "at" or "to"), l' (elided form of the feminine article "la"), and exception (feminine noun meaning "exception"). 11. des yeux - Plural form of de + les (of + the), forming "of the" in plural. - yeux (plural of "œil," masculine noun meaning "eye"). 12. rouges - Plural form of the adjective rouge (red). - Matches the plural noun "yeux." 13. du chat - A contraction of de + le (of + the), forming "of the." - chat (masculine noun meaning "cat"). General Grammar Tip Adjectives in French must agree in gender and number with the nouns they describe. For example, "noir et blanc" is masculine singular because it describes "l'image," and "rouges" is masculine plural because it describes "yeux." Related Words - Photographe (masculine/feminine noun): Photographer. - Photographie (feminine noun): Photograph or photography. - Coloré(e) (adjective): Colored. - Gris(e) (adjective): Gray. |
