Learn French: Je choisis la couleur jaune. - I am choosing the colour yellow.

Je choisis la couleur jaune.

I am choosing the colour yellow.

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Questions & Answers about Je choisis la couleur jaune.

How do we get choisis from the verb choisir?

Choisir (to choose) is a regular -ir verb. To use it with je (I) in the present tense, you drop the -ir ending from the infinitive (the dictionary form) and add -is. This gives you je choisis. Remember that the s at the very end is silent!

Does je choisis translate to "I choose" or "I am choosing"?

It translates to both! French doesn't have a separate "-ing" tense for things happening right now like English does. Depending on the context, je choisis can mean "I choose", "I am choosing", or even "I do choose".

Why is the word order la couleur jaune instead of "la jaune couleur"?

In French, most adjectives (describing words)—including all colors—are placed after the noun they describe. So, instead of saying "the yellow colour" like in English, you say the equivalent of "the colour yellow" (la couleur jaune).

La couleur is a feminine noun. Does jaune need an extra "e" at the end to match it?

No extra "e" is needed here. Usually, you add an e to an adjective to make it feminine, but because the base form of jaune already ends in an e, it stays exactly the same for both masculine and feminine nouns.