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Adjectives:Masculine & Feminine
Singular & Plural
Los Adjetivos
What are adjectives?
Adjectives are words we use to ourselves, somebody else, or something else with.
In Spanish, adjectives must “agree” in:
1. Gender
2. Number
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Los AdjetivosGender:
NOUNS have a gender in Spanish. They are either
1.
2.Masculine nouns begin with the word: and end with the letter:
Feminine nouns begin with the word:and end with the letter:
Masculine
Feminineel
o
laa
Los Adjetivos
To make an adjective “agree” with a noun in gender, ask:
1. Is the noun masculine or feminine?
el chico=la chica=
2. What do I have to do to the adjective to make it match?
masculinefeminine
The adjective should end with the SAME letter as the noun!
Los Adjetivos
Number:
NOUNS also have a quantity. They are either:
1.
2.
Singular nouns begin with the words:
and end with the letters:
Plural nouns begin with the words:
and end with the letters:
singluarplural
el/lao/a
los/lasos/as
Los Adjetivos
To make an adjective “agree” with a noun in number, ask:
1. Is the noun singular or plural?
los chicos=las chicas=
2. What do I have to do to the adjective to make it match?
pluralplural
The adjective should end with the SAME letter as the noun!
Los Adjetivos
Watch out! The word order in Spanish is DIFFERENT than the word order in English.
Instead of saying, “the quiet girl”, the Spanish words look like, “the girl quiet.”ex: the quiet girl=
the serious boys=
la chica callada
los chicos serios
Los Adjetivos
Think of these rules like a puzzle!If you make the letters match, you know you
got it right.Practice:la niña, tacaño:los perros, serio:el gato, generoso:las chicas, atrevido:
la niña tacañalos perros serios
el gato generoso
las chicas atrevidas
