Noun/Adjective Agreement:Gender

1. Adjectivesare used to describe nouns • Most adjectives change form, depending upon whether the word they describe is masculine or feminine. • The correct form of the adjective depends upon the noun it describes. • First ask: Is the noun masculine or feminine? • (noun)(adj.) (noun)(adj.) • el chicobajoel perrocómicola chicabaja la maestrasimpática Noun/Adjective Agreement:Gender

2. Noun/Adjective Agreement:Number • Adjectives also change form depending upon whether the word they modify is singular or plural. • Next ask: Is the noun plural or singular? • el gatogordolos gatosgordosla chicaaltalaschicas altas

3. Noun/Adjective Agreement: Order • The order of the noun and adjective is different than in English. It is flipped. • First comes the Noun and then comes the Adjective • Casa blanca • Camisanegra

4. Práctica The black dog The yellow house The orange cat

5. Other common rules • Adjectives that end in -e do not change to “o” or “a”. They only change to plural. • To form the plural, simply add -s. • la chicainteligentelaschicasinteligentes

6. Other common noun/adj rules • Similarly, most adjectives that end in a consonant do change form for singular or plural, but do not change for masculine or feminine. • To form the plural, add -es. • lacasa azullascasasazules

7. Other common rules • There is another group of adjectives that does not follow the normal rules. Adjectives ending in -or, -án, -ón, or -ín also have a feminine form. • el hombre trabajadorla mujertrabajadoralos hombres trabajadoreslasmujerestrabajadoras