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Monday, February 3, 2014

If you want to add your personal opinion or describe something, the adjectives are a perfect tool for you. That is, most often adjectives are used to describe a noun, or distinguish the noun from a group of similar objects. Adjective (as articles) have to agree with the nouns (gender and number).



GENDER - if the noun is feminine, the adjective must be feminine too.
E.g.
      la muchacha alta (the tall girl)
      el menino bonito (the handsome boy)
      la menina bonita (the beautiful girl)

NUMBER - if the noun is in plural, the adjective must be in plural too.
E.g.
      las muchachas altas (the tall girls)
      los meninos bonitos (the handsome boys)
      las meninas bonitas (the beautiful girls)

- Like nouns, most adjectives follow the general rule that masculine end with -o and feminine with -a, and pluralize with -s.

Masculine Singular Feminine Singular Masculine Plural Feminine Plural English
alto alta altos altas tall
barato barata baratos baratas cheap
aburrido aburrida aburridos aburridas bored
cariñoso cariñosa cariñoso cariñosa affectionate
caro cara caros caras expensive
delgado delgada delgados delgadas thin
divertido divertida divertidos divertidas fun

- Adjectives end in a consonant, -e or -ista usually don't have feminine, but have singular / plural form.

Singular     (Masculine or Feminine) Plural        (Masculine or Feminine) English
profesional profesionales professional
fácil faciles easy
difícil difíciles difficult
alegre alegres happy
fuerte fuertes strong
triste tristes sad
optimista optimistas optimistic
realista realistas realistic

- Collors have mix gender and no gender

Masculine Singular Feminine Singular Masculine Plural Feminine Plural English
amarillo amarilla amarillos amarillas yellow
anaranjado anaranjada anaranjados abnaranjadas orange
blanco blanca blancos blancas white
negro negra negros negras black
rojo roja rojos rojas red
rosado rosada rosados rosadas pink
azul - azules - blue
gris - grises - grey
marrón - marrones - brown
verde - verdes - green

Adjetivo posesivo - Possessive Adjective

When you want to say that a certain thong or group of things belongs to a particular person or group of people.

Subject Pronoun Possessive Adjective
Yo (I) mi / mis (my)
tú (you) tu / tus (your)
él, ella, usted (he, she, you) su / sus (his, her, hers, your)

nosotros / nosotras (we)

nuestro / nuestra                nuestros/nuestras (our)
vosotros / vosotras (you)
vuestro / vuestra                vuestros/vuestras (your)
ellos, ellas, ustedes (they, you) su / sus (their, your)
E.g
     Es mi carro (It is my car)
     Son tus carros (They are your cars)
     Son sus libros (They are her books)


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