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- "The shoes are pale yellow."
"The shoes are pale yellow."
Translation:Les chaussures sont jaune pâle.
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When you use more than one adjective to designate a single color (like "light blue," "dark green," "pale pink", etc.), neither of the adjectives changes according to the noun it modifies. For example:
"Il a les yeux bleu clair et les cheveux brun foncé."
"He has light blue eyes and dark brown hair."
1072
So... "Il a les yeux bleus" is correct and "Il a les yeux bleu" is incorrect because only one adjective is used?
Yes, but just to clarify. If multiple adjectives designate a single colour then they do not agree in gender of number.
However, if multiple adjective are describing different attributes, then they must agree.
For example:
"He has small blue eyes"
then, although using more than one adjective, they are describing different attributes so must agree with the noun:
Il a petits yeux bleus.
Note that petit is a BANGS adjective so comes before the noun.
I hope that is clear :-)
1072
Thank you so much :) This is very clear(ly somewhat confusing lol but).. I get it .. appreciate your reply!
Certain adjectives precede the noun - known as the BAGS or BANGS adjectives:
Examples:
Beauty ............ joli/jolie, beau/belle
Age .................. jeune, vieux/vieille, nouveau/nouvelle
Number .......... un(e), deux, trois, seconde, deuxième, etc
Goodness ....... mauvais/mauvaise, bon/bonne, gentil/gentille
Size .................. petit/ petite, grand/grande, gros/grosse, long/longue, énorme