Learn French: Les directeurs généraux aiment les projets spéciaux. - The general directors like the special projects.

Les directeurs généraux aiment les projets spéciaux.

The general directors like the special projects.

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Questions & Answers about Les directeurs généraux aiment les projets spéciaux.

Why is it généraux instead of just adding an s to make générals?

This is the special rule for words ending in -al. When a masculine adjective like général becomes plural, the -al changes to -aux. Because directeurs is masculine and plural, we use généraux.

What is the singular form of the adjective spéciaux?

The singular form is spécial. Just like généraux, it drops the -al and adds -aux because it is describing the masculine plural noun projets.

Why do the adjectives généraux and spéciaux come after the nouns they describe?

In French, most adjectives are placed after the noun. Only a small group of common adjectives describing beauty, age, goodness, or size (often remembered as the BAGS rule) go before the noun.

The noun directeurs ends in s, but its adjective généraux ends in x. Do they still match?

Yes! They agree because both are masculine and plural. Each word just follows its own spelling rule to get there. Directeur is a regular noun that adds an -s, while général has an irregular plural that ends in -aux. They do not need to share the same final letter.