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Nous admirons les beaux loups dans la forêt.

Nous admirons les beaux loups dans la forêt.
We admire the beautiful wolves in the forest.
From Lesson 80:Irregular plurals (-x)·French

Questions & Answers about Nous admirons les beaux loups dans la forêt.

Why does beaux end with an x instead of an s?
Beaux is the plural of beau (beautiful). In French, words that end in -eau or -eu usually take an x to form the plural instead of the standard s.
Why does beaux come before loups? I thought adjectives went after the noun.
Most do, but short adjectives describing Beauty, Age, Goodness, or Size (the BAGS rule) go before the noun. Because beaux describes beauty, it is placed right in front of loups.
Are the x in beaux and the s in loups pronounced?
No, both are silent. You just pronounce them exactly like their singular forms. In French, plural endings are usually only seen in writing and not heard in speech, unless the next word starts with a vowel.
I learned some words with that sound take an x in the plural. Why does loups take an s?
You might be thinking of the seven special exceptions ending in -ou (like bijou or chou) that take an x. Because loup is spelled with an -oup ending, it follows the regular rule and just adds an s.
Why is there a circumflex accent on forêt?
The circumflex (the little hat over the e) often marks where an s used to exist in old French. If you imagine an s right after the e, forêt looks just like the English word forest!

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