 | Julien Tulard - 1855 - 344 pages
...court, his people, his courtiers. It has been shown that the possessive adjective is variable in French, that is to say, it agrees in gender and number with the substantive which it determines. In English, his is invariable and masculine, because the lwssessor... | |
 | Alfred G. Havet - 1863 - 508 pages
...de la terre est peuplée d'animaux VIVANT et MOURANT sans le savoir. adjective, and as such (p. 114) agrees in gender and number with the noun or pronoun which it qualifies : 1. Elle était toute TREMBLANTS. 2. On prendsans peine les oiseaux VIVANTS (ie, living... | |
 | Paul Baume - 1867 - 274 pages
...— The past participle of any verb used without AVOIR or ETRE, is like a qualificative adjective, ie it agrees in gender and number with the noun or pronoun which it qualifies. EXAMPLES. here are my beloved children, I there are houses covered with thatch. voici mes... | |
 | Paul Baume - 1869 - 288 pages
...— The past participle of any verb used without AVOIR or &TRE, is like a qualificative adjective, ie it agrees in gender and number with the noun or pronoun which it qualifies. Rule 121. — The past participle of any verb conjugated with ETRE in its compound tenses,... | |
 | Alfred Havet - 1876 - 348 pages
...a slate or habitual action, and then becomes what grammarians call a verbal adjective, and as such agrees in gender and number with the noun or pronoun which it qualifies : 1. Elle était toute TREMBLANTE, 2. L'hiver, on prend sans peino les oiseaux VIVANTS. In... | |
 | Alfred Hennequin - French language - 1878 - 148 pages
...Past Participle having être for its auxiliary. 2. The Past Participle, used without an auxiliary, agrees in gender and number with the noun or pronoun which it qualifies. It may then be considered as an adjective : Des fleurs cueitlies, Gathered flowers. Des... | |
 | Alfred Hennequin - French language - 1879 - 238 pages
...nsed Adjectively. 1. The past participle, used without an auxiliary verb, becomes an adjective, and agrees in gender and number with the noun or pronoun which it qualifies. Hesfleurs cueillies, pp fem. plu. of ceuillir, to gather. § LXXIII. Present Participle... | |
 | Ward, Lock and co, ltd - 1884 - 968 pages
...affirmed of toleil and Ivmiere. are predicates. Whether used as an attribute or a predicate, an adjective agrees in gender and number with the noun or pronoun which it qualifies. All adjectives being supposed to appear originally in 'the masculine singular, it remains... | |
 | William Dwight Whitney - French language - 1886 - 466 pages
...agreement of the noun is more restricted. 151. A predicate adjective, not less than an attributive, agrees in gender and number with the noun (or pronoun) which it qualifies, and is plural if it qualifies two or more. Thus, sa fortune était grande Ms fortune was... | |
 | W. A. R. Kerr - French language - 1914 - 288 pages
...hat and coat. 22. Where did you lose your book ? 35 LESSON XIII AGREEMENT OF ADJECTIVES THE adjective agrees in gender and number with the noun or pronoun which it qualifies. PLURAL OF ADJECTIVES RULE I. The plural of adjectives is formed by adding s to the singular.... | |
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ETRE, is like a qualificative adjective, ie it agrees in gender and number with the noun or pronoun which it qualifies. 