Adjective Agreement
വിശേഷണ യോജന
A single French adjective can take up to four different spellings depending on the noun it describes. Malayalam adjectives never change form at all, no matter what they describe.
Grammar Comparison
വ്യാകരണ താരതമ്യം
Masculine and feminine endings
un grand livre (masc.) / une grande maison (fem.) — grand adds an 'e' for feminine
വലിയ പുസ്തകം / വലിയ വീട് — വലിയ never changes
French adjectives change their spelling — and often their pronunciation — to match the gender of the noun they describe, typically by adding an 'e' for feminine. Malayalam's വലിയ (big) stays exactly the same word regardless of the noun, so there's no agreement to track at all in Malayalam.
Plural adds a third and fourth form
grands (masc. plural) / grandes (fem. plural) — up to four total spellings for one adjective
വലിയ — still the same single word, even for plural nouns
On top of the masculine/feminine split, French adjectives also add -s for plural, stacking gender and number into as many as four distinct forms for a single word. Malayalam adjectives take zero additional forms for number, the same way they take zero for gender — one word covers every case.
Vocabulary
വാക്കുകൾ
- Malayalam
- വലിയvaliya
- English
- big (masc.)
- Malayalam
- വലിയvaliya
- English
- big (fem.)
- Malayalam
- ചെറിയcheriya
- English
- small (masc.)
- Malayalam
- ചെറിയcheriya
- English
- small (fem.)
- Malayalam
- സുന്ദരമായsundaramaaya
- English
- beautiful (masc.)
- Malayalam
- സുന്ദരമായsundaramaaya
- English
- beautiful (fem.)
- Malayalam
- നല്ലnalla
- English
- good (masc.)
- Malayalam
- നല്ലnalla
- English
- good (fem.)
- Malayalam
- വലിയvaliya
- English
- big (masc. pl.)
- Malayalam
- വലിയvaliya
- English
- big (fem. pl.)