Adjective Agreement

Well, the same is true of adjectives. You can’t use the exact same word to describe “mujer” that you use to describe “hombre.”

Remember how you need to know if a noun is masculine or feminine, singular or plural to know whether to use el or la or los or las?

el hombre la mujerlos hombres las mujeres

If an adjective ends in “o,” that’s the masculine singular:

alto (tall) – hombre alto

You have to change the “o” to “a” to make it feminine:

alta – mujer alta

“os” makes it masculine plural:

hombres altos

“as” makes it feminine plural:

mujeres altas

Click here to go to a short practice.

Not all adjectives end in an –o.

gris (gray)azul (blue)

grande (big)

Adjectives that DON’T end with an –o don’t get a masculine and feminine form. They get just singular and plural:

el libro gris los libros grisesla silla gris las sillas grises

el libro grande los libros grandesla silla grande las sillas grandes

Note that you make adjectives plural exactly the same way you make nouns plural: you add an –s if the word ends with a vowel and –es if it ends with a consonant.

To summarize:

Adjectives thatend with –o havefour forms:

• -o alto

• -a alta

• -os altos

• -as altas

Adjectives that end inany other vowel or aconsonant have 2 forms:

• -V(owel) grande

• -Vs grandes

• -C(onsonant) fiel

• -Ces fieles

DON’T go sticking on the end of adjectives that end with a consonant:

azul

And don’t put or on the end of it either:

azul

Only can go on the end of a word ending with a consonant.

a

asos

es

Remember also that the e that ends an adjective can’t change:

verd

And the only way to make it plural is to add an . No or !

verde

os as

e

s

Now click here to go to a practice exercise that’s a little bit more challenging.

Oh—and one more not-so-hard but very important note: most descriptive adjectives come AFTER the noun they describe:

libro rojochicos altosflor amarilla

So be sure to remember that, since it’s different from English.

¿Cómo es Juan?

Juan es alto.

¿Cómo es Diego?

Diego es bajo.

¿Cómo son Juan y Mario?

Juan y Mario son altos.

Juan Mario Diego Teresa Alicia Juana

ANSWER WITH: alto (tall)

bajo (short)

¿Cómo es Teresa? Teresa es baja.¿Cómo es Alicia? Alicia es alta.¿Cómo son Alicia y Juana? Alicia y Juana son altas.

Each time you click, a question will appear. Answer based on the pictures. Write the answer on your own paper before clicking for the answer.

CarlosTomás

Roberto

¿Cómo es Carlos? Carlos es gordo.¿Cómo es Juana? Juan es delgada.¿Cómo son Carlos y Tomás? Carlos y Tomás son gordos. ¿Cómo es Roberto? Roberto es viejo.¿Cómo es Pedro? Pedro es joven.¿Cómo son Pedro y Daniel? Pedro y Daniel son jóvenes.

Daniel

Pedro

Juana

ANSWER WITH: gordo-fatdelgado- slenderviejo-old joven-young

Casa #1Casa #2

Casa #3 Casa #4

ANSWER WITH: grande pequeño

¿Cómo es casa #1? Casa #1 es grande.¿Cómo son casa #1 y casa #2? Casa #1 y casa #2 son grandes.¿Cómo es casa #3? Casa #3 es pequeña.¿Cómo son casa #3 y casa #4? Casa #3 y casa #4 son pequeñas.

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