A brief review of BAGS/BANGS adjective placement for NCVPS French 1 students

1. Les Adjectifs
BAGS/BANGS
Français 1 NCVPS

2. Review!
Regular Adjectives
In French, almost all adjectives come AFTER the
noun/word that they are describing
…This seems weird to us, because in English our
adjectives almost always come in front :)
We say: A red dress.
The French say: a dress red.
We say: A happy dog.
The French say: a dog happy.

3. BAGS/BANGS Adjectives
However, as always, there is an exception:
the BANGS adjectives
(beauty, age, number, goodness, and size...).
I know that the lesson says BAGS -
but I say BANGS (to include the numbers in it)
Beauty beau/belle; joli/jolie
Age jeune; vieux/vieille; nouveau/nouvelle
Number Un(e), deux, trois etc
Goodness gentil/gentille; mauvais/mauvaise; bon/bonne
Size gros/grosse; petit/petite; grand/grande; long/longue

4. BANGS Adjectives
These adjectives always come BEFORE the noun/
word that they are describing.
So, in French, when you're trying to figure out
where the adjective goes...
ASK YOURSELF: is it one of the BANGS adjectives?
…if yes, then it goes in front of the word;
if no, then it goes after the word.

5. A few examples….
• a funny dog (funny = NOT a bangs adjectives)
... so in French you would say “a dog funny”
• a sad dog (sad = NOT a bangs adjectives)
…so in French you would say “a dog sad”
• a pretty dog (pretty= bangs adjective)
... so in French you would say “a pretty dog”
• a big dog (big = bangs adjective)
... so in French you would say “a big dog”