Adjective

The first female was created from the rib of a man. Feminine adjectives, on the other hand, are normally created by appending an e to the end of the masculine adjective (Regular Adjectives).

	C'est un petit garçon.	C'est une petite fille.
	It is a small boy.	It is a small girl.

Feminine adjectives aren't, however, all created the same way; they are a diverse lot. Some feminine adjectives have doubled final consonants, others are exact replicas of the masculine adjective (sameness), some undergo bizarre metamorphoses that make them little resemble their masculine counterparts (oddball adjectives). 

Plural adjectives are formed by appending an s to the end of a masculine or feminine adjective.

Les lits bleus sont là-bas. (lit is masculine) The blue beds are over there. Les lampes bleues sont à la mode.(lampe is feminine) Blue lamps are in fashion.

There are, however, some plural adjectives which are made differently (Odd Plurals).  

Negations

A verb is negated by placing ne after the subject and usually pas after the verb.

Je ne veux pas être un numéro. I don't want to be a number.

Ne becomes n' before a vowel. In compound tenses pas follows the auxiliary.

La France a perdu une bataille!  Mais la France n'a pas perdu la guerre! -- Appel du général de Gaulle France has lost a battle!  But France has not lost the war.

Placing ne pas before an infinitive negates it.

L'enfer est de ne pas aimer. Hell is not to love.

In casual speech, the ne is often omitted.

Je sais pas. I don't know.

Infinitive

Infinitive

The infinitive form is totally without tense. The infinitive is the non conjugated form of the verb. When two verbs are used together, the first verb marks the tense and the second will be in the infinitive form.

Elle aime chanter. She loves to sing.  Il commence � travailler. He is beginning to work.

The present & infinitive

In English, we make heavy use of the present progressive when describing activities that we are in the process of doing.

I am reading philosophy.

He is doing the dishes.

In French, the simple present (see present conjugations) will always be used. In English you also could use the simple present but it sounds Shakespearean.

Je lis de la philosophie. Il fait la vaisselle.

If you wish to emphasize that you are right in the middle of doing something in French use the phrase 'en train de'.

Je ne peux venir. Je suis en train de peindre ma maison. I cannot come. I am right in the middle of painting my house.

The simple present in French is also used to express actions that you are doing in the near future. In English we would probably use the present progressive.

Je pars demain � la guerre. I leave tomorrow for the war.

The French and English present are used in the same way to express habitual actions and universal truths.

Les français aiment beaucoup le football. Soccer is very popular in Europe.

Genders

Guessing the gender of people nouns is easy. If you're referring to a male, it's masculine, otherwise it's feminine.

le gosse	the kid (male)
la gosse	the kid (female)

Many people nouns have both masculine and femine forms.

le fermier	farmer (male)
la fermière	farmer (female)
le vendeur	salesperson (male)
la vendeuse	salesperson (female)

Some people nouns are always either masculine or feminine, regardless of whether it refers to a guy or a girl.

la vedette	star
le savant	wise person
le pilote	pilot
le professeur	teacher (high school or university)

Indefinite articles

un bâtiment  m. a building une maison   f. a house des choix  m. some choices des filles  f. some girls/daughters

Nouns-Masculine & Feminine

In French, nouns (substantives m.) are either masculine (m.) or feminine (f.). Each gender has its own article.

le jour m.	the day
la nuit  f.	the night

Les is the plural article for both masculine and feminine nouns.

les hommes m. plural	the men
les femmes f. plural	the women

When the noun begins with a vowel or a silent 'h', the le or la simply becomes l'.

l'ombre m.	the shade
l'abeille f.	the bee
l'hôtel m.	the hotel