Adjectives
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- Created on: 26-04-23 13:30
Adjective Agreement
In Spanish adjectives MUST agree with the nouns they are describing. Therefore depending on whether they are male, female, singular or plural, they have to change to match their noun.
Adjectives ending in:
Masculine singular
Feminine singular
Masculine plural
Feminine plural
-o/-a
pequeño
pequeña
pequeños
pequeñas
-e
grande
grande
grandes
grandes
-or/-ora
trabajador
trabajadora
trabajadores
trabajadoras
a consonant
azul
azul
azules
azules
Position of adjectives
In Spanish, most adjectives come AFTER the noun. For example: una casa grande o un libro aburrido.
Some adjectives come prior to the noun. For example: la segunda película o los primeros días. Common adjectives that come before the noun are:
§ poco
§ mucho
§ próximo
§ último
§ alguno
§ ninguno
§ primero
§ segundo
§ tercero
Whereas some adjectives are shortened when they are put infront of a masculine singular noun:
§ Bueno -> buen
§ Malo -> mal
§ Primero -> primer
§ Tercero -> tercer
§ Alguno -> algún
§ Ninguno -> ningún
Comparatives
Comparatives are used to compare to compare two things. For example: Barcelona es más grande que Marbella o Jorge es menos hablador que Xavi. This…
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