French grammar acronyms?

Question

forgot to ask this with my other questions today and it suddenly popped up in my mind. can anyone remember the acronym that is used? i believe it was BANGS and these were specific types of words used before a noun in french? but i totally forgot what is stood for so if someone can tell me what it is.

Beauty

Age

Number

G

Size

i think it went something like that... but i am not completely sure if i even have the right acronyms. thanks!

Answer 1

It's B.A.G.S.   (not bangs)

Here is a short example list:

Beauty ---    beau, joli

Age  ---           vieux, jeune, nouveau

Goodness --- bon, mauvais, meilleur

Size ----            grand, petit, court, long, gros, haut

Autre and 'faux''-- less common but usually come before the noun.

Note*** Grand(e) usually goes before the noun. However, it's one of the nouns that can go behind as well. BUT when it does it means great.

Answer 2

http://french.about.com/library/weekly/a...

http://french.about.com/library/writing/...

Answer 3

G is for goodness the rest are right

Answer 4

Gender?

Answer 5

G is for "goodness".  "Bon" always precedes the adjective it modifies.  Other terms for quality, such as mauvais, superbe, etc, usually come after, but adjectives that are English loanwords, like "cool" and "super-cool" go before the noun.

I learned it as just BAGS, but BANGS is okay too because numbers also go before their nouns.

Answer 6

Beauty (2 adjectifs) beau.,  belle, joli, jolie

Age (2 adj.) jeune, vieux, vieille

Newness (1 adj.) nouveau, nouveaux, nouvelle, nouvelles

Goodness (2 adj.) bon, bonne, mauvais, mauvaise, mauvaises

Size (2 adj.) petit, êtits, petite, petites, grand, grande, grands, grandes

Not all adjectives that are used to describe these features are part of the BANGS adjectives. Rather, it is just a simple way of categorizing the adjectives that DO come before the noun they are describing.