adj agreement notes pp

AVANCEMOS 1

Adjetivos

Adjectives are words that ____________DESCRIBE

In English the adjective almost always comes ___________the noun. In Spanish the adjective almost always comes ___________the noun.

BEFORE

AFTER

Ejemplo:

The tall boy el chico alto

GENDER NUMBER

In Spanish, Gender is either:

Masculine or FeminineMasculine words

typically end in Feminine words

typically end in

The Number of a word is either:

Singular or PluralPlural words can be

recognized by the _________ at the end

In Spanish adjectives __________ with the gender and number of the word.

AGREE

O

A S

ADJECTIVES THAT END IN O HAVE 4 FORMS.

RULES to make adjectives agree

1Por ejemplo: ALTO

SINGULAR PLURAL

MASCULINE

FEMININE

altoalta

altosaltas

ADJECTIVES THAT END IN E ONLY HAVE 2 FORMS, SINGULAR OR PLURAL.

RULES to make adjectives agree

2Por ejemplo: INTELIGENTE

SINGULAR PLURAL

MASCULINE

FEMININEinteligenteinteligente

inteligentesinteligentes

ADJECTIVES THAT END IN CONSONANTS VARY

RULES to make adjectives agree

3Por ejemplo: JOVEN is both masculine and feminine

But TRABAJADOR(m) changes to TRABAJADORA(f)

TO MAKE ADJECTIVES PLURAL

RULES to make adjectives agree

4ADD an _____ if it ends in a vowel

ADD ____ if it ends in a consonant

S

ESguapo - guapos

Joven - jóvenes