Basic French

timide

shy

petit

small (masculine)

petite

small (feminine)

grand

big (masculine)

grande

big (feminine)

beau

handsome (masculine)

belle

pretty (feminine)

sympathique

nice, friendly

gentil

kind, nice (masculine)

gentille

kind, nice (feminine)

assez

rather

très

very

mignon

cute (masculine)

mignonne

cute (feminine)

sportif

athletic (masculine)

sportive

athletic (feminine)

méchant

horrible, nasty

bête

dumb, silly

un

a (masculine)

une

a (feminine)

le

the (masculine)

la

the (feminine)

l'

the (when the word begins with a vowel. exception: if the word is plural and starts with a vowel, then put 'les'

les

the (for plural words)