Understanding Spanish Adjective Agreement for Effective Description
Learn about Spanish adjective agreement rules, exceptions, and examples for better noun and pronoun description. Discover how adjectives match in number and gender in Spanish, along with guidelines for neutral adjectives and nationalities.
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Spanish Adjective Agreement EDITED BY: SE ORA PEARSON 2017
Definition / Explanation Adjectives describe nouns and pronouns. In Spanish, adjectives agree in number (how many) and gender (masculine or feminine). In Spanish, adjectives follow pronoun which they describe. follow the noun or In English we say, the yellow In Spanish we say, the car yellow car {The adjective appears AFTER the noun in Spanish!}
Examples the tall boy the tall boy el chico alto the tall boys the tall boys los chicos altos the tall the tall girl la chica alta the tall girls the tall girls las chicas altas girl
Rules If the noun is masculine, the adjective must be masculine to match. If the noun is feminine, the adjective must be feminine to match. If the noun is singular, the adjective must be singular to match. If the noun is plural, the adjective must be plural to match. However .
Exceptions There are some adjectives called genderless neutral neutral. genderless or Genderless Genderless or neutral number number but NOT neutral adjectives can show NOT gender gender. These adjectives DO NOT -o or -a . DO NOT end in the letter
Examples of neutral adjectives the interesting boy el chico interesante the interesting boys los chicos interesantes the interesting girl la chica interesante the interesting girls las chicas interesantes
Nationalities If the nationality is gendered and it is describing a masculine noun, it will end in o. chico americano italiano mexicano If the nationality is gendered, and it is describing a feminine noun, it will end in a chica americana italiana mexicana (In this case, just change the o to a!)
Nationalities continued Sometimes the nationalities end in a consonant, not the letter o. In this case, just add the letter a to the word when describing a feminine noun. japonesa japon s ingl s inglesa
