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Los adjetivos en español
Sheila McCoyFloyd College
Adjectives are like mirrors:they reflect the gender andnumber of the noun they modify.
Adjective = Noun in form
Nouns have gender and numberin Spanish and so the adjective must reflect the same gender and number as its noun.
El chico simpáticoor
La chica simpática
or
Los chicos simpáticos
or
Las chicas simpáticas
Regular adjectives--those that end in o--change to the feminine by dropping the -o and adding -a; they thenchange to the plural by adding -s to either form:
alto
Masculine: Feminine:
Singular: alta
Plural: alto altas s
Most irregular adjectives--those that end in a letter other than o--only change the ending to indicate plurals. If the adjective ends in a consonant, theplural form adds -es.
Masculine: Feminine:
Singular
Plural
fácil fácil
fácil fáciles es
Some exceptions to the previous rules are adjectives of nationality and adjectives that end in -or or -z.
Adjectives of nationality that end in consonants add -a to formthe feminine singular, which then forms its plural by adding -s.
El chico japonésLa chica japonesa
El libro alemánLa revista alemana
El restaurante español
La cafetería española
Adjectives that end in -or add -a to form the feminine:
El estudiante trabajador
La estudiante trabajadora
Adjectives that end in -z change the -z to -c and then add -es to form the plural:
El estudiante feliz
Los estudiantes felices
La estudiante feliz
Las estudiantes felices
If more than one adjective modifies and follows a noun , you may connect them with the conjunction -y:
Una muchacha simpática y interesante
or
Un muchacho bajo y ágil
Remember that in Spanish , whether it followsor precedes the noun, the adjective must match the noun in gender and number:
(Adj)xy=Nxy
= (Adj)xy
Adj=adjective N= noun X=masculine or feminine
Y= singular or plural