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Noun-adjective correspondence is one of the most fundamental aspects of Spanish grammar: adjectives must correspond to the nouns to which they refer both in number and gender. Most adjectives must match the gender with the noun they change. When we describe a masculine noun as “Amigo”, we must also use a masculine adjective as “Honesto”. Just like nouns, Spanish masculine adjectives usually end with the -O vowel like “Bonito” and “Creativo”, e.B. “El niño es bonito y gordo”. In addition, some words ending in -R are also considered masculine adjectives. Some Spanish adjectives used to describe male and female nouns are: Amable (type), Difícil (difficult), Fácil (simple), Flexible, Paciente (patient), Verde (green). In addition, with the exception of number one, most numbers change to UN when used before a masculine noun, and to UNA before a feminine noun, for example “Un amigo” and “Una amiga” Un taco es una preparación mexicana que en su forma estándar consists of una tortilla que contiene algún alimento dentro. (A taco is a Mexican preparation that, in its standard form, consists of a tortilla that contains food. Su is a possessive determinant or dojective that changes with number but not sex. Estándar is an immutable adjective – the same word would have been used with plural or masculine nouns.) In Spanish, adjectives must correspond to the noun (or pronoun) they describe in gender and number. This means that if the noun describing an adjective is feminine, the adjective must be feminine, and if the same noun is also plural, the adjective will also be feminine AND plural. You may have noticed that if we use Ser or Estar with an adjective, if the adjective has a feminine and masculine form, the adjective must correspond to the subject that modifies it.

This also applies to the number of people or things that make up the subject. There are a few adjectives known as immutable adjectives that do not change shape. Most of them are either unusual colors or words of foreign origin. An example is web as in the página web (the website) and las páginas web (the websites). Sometimes a noun can be used as an immutable adjective, but this practice is much rarer in Spanish than in English. Spanish students will rarely need to use immutable adjectives, but you should be aware that they exist so that they don`t confuse you when you see them. If you search for an adjective in the dictionary, it is always in the singular masculine form, for example blanco. Adjectives in Spanish usually follow the patterns in this table to match the noun they describe. But. Some adjectives (ending in [-ista], [-e] or [-l]) do not replace [-a] and [-o] for masculine/feminine. Be careful! If you search for an adjective in a dictionary, you will find the singular masculine form of an adjective as a given standard form.

A good dictionary gives several examples of how it is used and can contain sentences with the feminine or plural form. The word “immutable” (inv.) means that the adjective has only one form (see los colores for examples). For example, the noun las faldas (skirts) is plural and feminine, so all adjectives used to describe it are equally plural and feminine. For example: The same rule applies to certain articles (the equivalent of “the”) and indefinite articles (a class of words that contain “a”, “on” and “any” in English), which are sometimes considered types of adjectiveswww.thoughtco.com/noun-adjective-agreement-3078114. Adjectives can precede or after nouns, or they can be used with verbs such as ser (“to be”) to describe nouns. But (with the exception of immutable adjectives), they will always correspond to the nouns they describe both in number and gender. Take a look at this unusual preview board with Spanish adjective endings now! Some adjectives are used for both sexes despite their ending, especially those ending in -E or consonants, for example: “an interesting libro”, “a fácil examination”, “a chico optimista/una chica optimista”. We will start this lesson with a video that explains the basic rules for using Spanish adjectives. The person in the video only speaks Spanish, but you can also enable the subtitles (cc) below to translate into English or check the script. This video contains some examples and notes that will be very useful to learn more about how Spanish adjectives work in the language.

Nouns that end with all other consonants: These adjectives do NOT change gender! On the other hand, when describing feminine nouns like CASA (house), we should use a feminine adjective like BONITA (pretty) or ESPACIOSA (spacious) and not a masculine adjective like BONITO or ESPACIOSO. That being said, Spanish feminine adjectives are the same words with a slight change at the end from -O to -A, e.B. “Bueno” to “Buena”. Exception: For adjectives that end in z in the singular, replace the z with a c before adding the plural extension. Nouns ending in [-o] or [-a]: These adjectives change their ending depending on the number and gender! Most adjectives ending in a consonant do not change according to gender, but change for the number, just like adjectives that end in -e. As their name suggests, descriptive adjectives have a certain quality of noun. Adjectives ending in o in the singular masculine form have four possible endings, one for masculine, feminine, singular and plural. These types of adjectives make up the majority of adjectives in Spanish. In the previous lesson, we explained the rules for placing adjectives and talked about some situations where they are used before or after nouns. In this lesson, we will learn about another important feature called “concordancia del adjetivo y el sustantivo”, namely the Spanish noun-adjective agreement. Don`t worry, it will be easier than it seems, although you will understand everything much faster if you already know the basics of the nominal gender and plural form of nouns.

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