Position of French Adjectives - Short and common adjectives that go BEFORE nouns

In French, the main rule regarding the position of adjectives is that they usually come AFTER the noun, [see Adjectives usually go AFTER nouns in French (Position of Adjectives)], but as always in French, there are exceptions! 

Adjectives that go before the noun in French

Here is a list of short and very common adjectives that go BEFORE the noun:

Here are some examples with these adjectives:

ATTENTION: 

As stated in Adjectives usually go AFTER nouns in French (Position of Adjectives), these adjectives will be AFTER the noun if :

- used with a long adverb (2 or more syllables) :

- followed by a "complementary" group introduced by a preposition (à, de, pour, comme,...):

These are not the only exceptions placed BEFORE the noun they refer to - see the more advanced lesson: Position of French Adjectives - More adjectives that go BEFORE nouns 

See also how beau, vieux and nouveau are different: Beau, nouveau, vieux, fou, mou have two masculine forms and one feminine form (French Adjectives) and Beau, nouveau, vieux have different plural forms for masculine and feminine (French Adjectives)

See also Adjectives usually go AFTER nouns in French (Position of Adjectives)