Adjetivos en Español

Por Emma Beckett

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The rules...

• Adjectives in Spanish have to agree with the noun.

• If the noun is feminine the adjective, if it follows the rules, should end in a for example la falda cara or la chaqueta còmoda.

• If a noun is masculine the adjective should end in o for example el jersey feo or un vestido bonito.

Plural...

• If a noun is plural the adjective must be too. For masculine plural add os and for feminine plural add as.

• E.g. Los zapatos incómodos. (masculine) and Las botas cómodas. (feminine)

The weird ones...

• Some adjectives in Spanish do not follow the rules such as guay and elegante.

• These adjectives do not change their ending for masculine or feminine.

• E.g. - El jersey guay. La camisa guay.• El vestido elegante. La gorra elegante. • Guay doesn't change for plural either but

elegante changes and you add an s. • Unos pantalones elegantes.

Colours...

• Colours in Spanish are strange...• They’re all masculine even though they end

differently – e.g. rojo + rosa are both masculine as is azul.

We can think of colours as four different groups.

Group 1 – end in O – Blanco, Negro, Rojo, Amarillo

To make these feminine we change the O to an A. To change them to plural you add an S to either the O or A depending on whether the noun you want to describe is masculine or feminine plural.

Group 2 – end in A –Naranja, Rosa, Violeta To make these feminine you keep them the same! To make them plural for either masculine or feminine plural you add an S to make it AS.

Group 3 – end in a consonant – Marrón, Azul, Gris

These colours stay the same for masculine and feminine but for plural we add ES.

Group 4 – end in E –Verde

This colour works similarly to those in group 3 (it doesn’t change for masculine or feminine) but for plural we only have to add S because the E is already there.

Superlatives...

• A superlative is used when you are describing something as the most or the least__.

• How superlatives work:• el/la + noun + es/son + más + adjective = the most • el/la + noun + es/son + menos + adjective = the least • e.g. la falda es más bonita• If the noun is plural instead of using es we use son

meaning are – las faldas son más bonitas and unos zapatos son menos còmodos.

Comparatives...

• Comparatives are when we say more... than and less... than.

• How to make comparisons:• más + adjective + que = more...than• menos + adjective + que = less...than• The adjective must agree with the subject of the

sentence. • e.g. mi camisa es más barata que su camisa and mis

vaqueros son menos còmodos que mi sudadera.