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Adjective Agreement in Spanish
What is an Adjective?
• Adjectives describe nouns!
•Examples: bonito(a) feo(a)gordo(a) delgado(a)honesto(a) mentiroso(a)obediente
desobediente
• Adjectives are descriptive words!
A. All nouns in Spanish have a gender. They are either _________________ or __________________.
masculinefeminine
Dario es lindo. Krisna es linda.
How is at all works:
B. Adjectives in Spanish must follow and agree with the _____________________ and ________________________of the noun.
gender (masculine/feminine)number (singular/plural)
Ellos son guapos.
Ellas son hermosas.
Ellos están contentos.
How is at all works:
C. Feminine Nouns:Generally end in _________.Ex: la chica
la maestra la pluma
* All words ending in _________ & _________ are feminine.
Ex: la ciudad - city la edad - age
la estación - season
- a
- dad - ción
La chica es cariñosa.
La ciudad es bonita.
How is at all works:
D. Masculine Nouns: Generally end in _______________.- o
Ex: el chicoel abueloel bolígrafoel libro El libro es rojo.
El bolígrafo es negro.
How is at all works:
E. Nouns that end in ________ must be memorized with the article in order to remember gender. EX: “cine”- theater “clase” - class ____ cine ____ clase (The same applies for nouns ending in a consonant like “calcetín”- ______ calcetín.)
Other Examples: el fútbol
el celular el proyector
- e
el la
el
How is at all works:
Making nouns and adjectives agree:
To form the plural: If the noun/adjective ends in a ____________ just add ______.
vowel
-s
El muchacho es atlético. Los muchachos son atléticos.
To form the plural: If the noun/adjective ends in a ____________ add _________ to make it plural
Making nouns and adjectives agree:
- consonant - es
El balón es azul.
Los balones son azules.
To form the plural: Exceptions:– If a noun/adjective ends in a ____, change it to a
_____ and add _________. Ex: lápiz--- lapices
pez --- peces– Nationalities: To make nationalities that end in a
consonant agree in gender, add _________ to the nationality for females.
Ex: SINGULAR PLURAL inglés ---- inglesa ingleses --- inglesasespañol --- española españoles --- españolas
Making nouns and adjectives agree:
- z
- c - es
- a
