Some adjectives are spelled and pronounced differently depending on whether the noun it's describing is male or female*.
Adjectives for male words:
grand (grahn) -big
prochain (proh shayn) -next
noir (noh wah) -black
petit (peh tee) -little, small
heureax (urr roh) -happy
Adjectives for female words:
grande (grahnd) -big
prochaine (proh shayn) -next
noire (noh wahr) -black
petite (peh teet) -little, small
heureuse (urr rooz) -happy
In French, nouns are considered either male or female and have nothing to do with whether or not the nouns are used by a man or a woman. This will always be one of the tough things about learning French. Don't stress too much on trying to remember if a noun is male or female. This will come with regular practice of them.
As for the adjectives above...
Examples:
une grande maison (oon grahnd may zohn) -a big house (female)
le livre noir (leh lee vruh noh wah) -the black book (male)
l'homme heureax (lohm urr roh) -the happy man
la femme heureuse (lah fehm urr rooz) -the happy woman
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