small – petit (m)/petite (f)

(Pronounced puh-tee (m), puh-teet (f))

To remember that small is pronounced puh-tee (m), puh-teet (f) (petit (m)/petite (f)) in French, use the following mnemonic.

It was too small, but fortunately the penguin was made of putty (petit) so it could put the tutu (petite) on. 

Examples of petit/petite (small) in a sentence

Elle a une petite maison. 

(She has a small house.)

J'ai trouvé une petite erreur.

(I found a small mistake.)

Voici une petite surprise pour toi.

(Here's a little surprise for you.)