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Permalink Reply by Frank on January 8, 2010 at 10:28am

La vie est douce.

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Permalink Reply by Jenna on January 8, 2010 at 10:34am

what is the difference between that and " La vie est doux" ?
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Permalink Reply by Frank on January 8, 2010 at 11:18am

Hi Jenna.

It all depends on the gender of the noun.

Take a look at the article you used before "vie" : la. This is because vie is feminine.
Adjectives are supposed to match nouns they refer to. It's why doux has to be douce when it refers to a feminine, singular noun.

Counterpose le nounours est doux/ with la vie est douce, les chats sont doux and les roses sont douces and notice how the same adjective is mutating according to the related noun.

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Permalink Reply by Neil Coffey on January 8, 2010 at 4:07pm

Just to mention there's a section on French adjectives in the grammar section of the web site.

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