1.6 Adjective Agreement
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Spanish Language and Culture 10-3Y
1.6 Adjective Agreement
What are adjectives? Do you remember? Words used to describe people or things are called adjectives. Listen to the following conversation. Can you pick out the adjectives? After you have listened to the conversation and think you have found all the adjectives, select the arrow icon to see how many you have found.
Adjectives must agree in number and gender with the noun they describe. Here are a few rules when using adjectives followed by some examples using the verb ser.
¡OJO! Click on each rule and make sure you know adjectives and how they work with ser.
Rule #1
Adjectives agree with the noun in gender (masculine and feminine).
Examples
Anthony es serio. (masculine)
MarÃa es simpática. (feminine)
Adjectives that end in —o change their ending to —a to agree with the feminine noun. If the noun is feminine, the color or descriptive word (adjectives) takes a feminine ending.
Adjectives that do not end in —o do not change their ending to —a in the singular: café, rosa, azul, etc.
Example
La trompeta es café.
Examples
Anthony es serio. (masculine)
MarÃa es simpática. (feminine)
Adjectives that end in —o change their ending to —a to agree with the feminine noun. If the noun is feminine, the color or descriptive word (adjectives) takes a feminine ending.
Adjectives that do not end in —o do not change their ending to —a in the singular: café, rosa, azul, etc.
Example
La trompeta es café.
Rule #2
Adjectives agree with the
noun in number (singular and plural). All Spanish nouns (even things and places) have gender.
Examples
La trompeta es amarilla. (feminine, singular)
Los carros son blancos. (masculine, plural)
You learned that adjectives that do not end in an —o do not have a feminine form. The adjectives that do not end in —o do, however, have plural forms: cafés, rosas, azules.
Example
Las flores son azules.
Examples
La trompeta es amarilla. (feminine, singular)
Los carros son blancos. (masculine, plural)
You learned that adjectives that do not end in an —o do not have a feminine form. The adjectives that do not end in —o do, however, have plural forms: cafés, rosas, azules.
Example
Las flores son azules.
Adjectives and the verb ser
Using the true cognates that you already studied in previous lessons, vocabulary from this lesson, and the verb ser, we will describe people and objects present in your everyday environment.
First, let's review a few true cognates.
Now, let's see a few of those true cognates in examples using the verb ser and vocabulary from this lesson.
Using the true cognates that you already studied in previous lessons, vocabulary from this lesson, and the verb ser, we will describe people and objects present in your everyday environment.
First, let's review a few true cognates.
| el teléfono → telephone | el carro → car |
| el diccionario → dictionary | el piano → piano |
| la radio → radio | la trompeta → trumpet |
| la computadora → computer | la medicina → medicine |
Now, let's see a few of those true cognates in examples using the verb ser and vocabulary from this lesson.
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Soy impaciente → I am impatient.
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El diccionario es rojo → The dictionary is red.
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Soy alto, no soy bajo → I am tall, I am not short.
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El teléfono es negro → The telephone is black.
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¿Cómo eres tú? → What are you like?
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¿Cómo es el carro?
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¿Tú eres serio? → Are you serious?
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