Beau Forms French
That may seem surprising for a language thats associated with romance and seduction.
Beau forms french. However the small difference between the comparative form and the superlative form can sometimes cause confusion. Quel bel enfant. Bel is pronounced the same as belle and belles the final s in the last one is silent.
Belle is also a french adjective that means beautiful lovely pleasant or agreable unlike jolijolie pretty belle doesnt only pertain to appearances. Tom is handsome but henri and bob are very handsome. Comparison of beau bel tables for many french adjectives comparison all forms adverbs cactus2000 about data protection donate email to the mobile version.
Fair il fait beau. Beau masculine singular before vowel bel feminine singular belle masculine plural beaux feminine plural belles handsome fine attractive. Beau is pronounced the same as beaux the final x is silent.
It is nice out. The adjectives beau nouveau vieux have three forms in the singular. Click on the speaker next to the word in the table to hear it pronounced.
In another oddity of the french language belle is technically not its own word. Other than in a few exceptional cases the comparative form of an adjective in french is formed by adding plus in front of the adjective. Beau nouveau vieux have different plural forms for masculine and feminine adjectives look at these adjectives.
Beau nouveau vieux fou mou have two masculine forms and one feminine form. To avoid hiatus the form bel is used before masculine singular nouns that begin with a vowel or mute h. But as you get to know the language and culture better youll realize that this is because of the frenchs love of precision.
Beau belle is the only exact equivalent for beautiful in standard french. Comparative forms and superlative forms of adjectives in french are not difficult to master. Ok so thats not entirely true.