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Possessive Adjectives. Spanish One ch.5A. Los adjetivos:. Adjectives : Words that modify nouns En español, most adjectives have either two or four forms When using adjectives in Spanish, one must always consider PLACEMENT and AGREEMENT. ADJECTIVE AGREEMENT:.
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Possessive Adjectives Spanish One ch.5A
Los adjetivos: • Adjectives: Words that modify nouns • En español, most adjectives have either two or four forms • When using adjectives in Spanish, one must always consider PLACEMENT and AGREEMENT.
ADJECTIVE AGREEMENT: If an adjective ends in O, A, OS or AS then it will have four forms and the form that you use in any given sentence must agree with the noun that it modifies. nuestro (m/s) nuestra (f/s) nuestros (m/p) nuestras (f/p)
ADJECTIVE AGREEMENT: If an adjective ends in something other than O, A, OS or AS, then it will have only two forms – singular and plural. su (s) sus (p)
Exceptions to the rule…: The following adjectives lose the “o” of the masc. singular ending WHEN they come right before a Masc. Singular Noun. good (bueno)…buen libro bad (malo)…mal perro one (uno)…un bolígrafo first (primero)…el primer día
PLACEMENT OF ADJECTIVES • Restrictive adjectives • placed in front of the noun • Descriptive adjectives • placed after the noun • Nouns used as adjectives • placed after the noun and separated by the word “de”
EXAMPLES: hisbig backpack sumochilagrande ourwhite book nuestro libro blanco theirSpanish notebooks sus cuadernos de español
PRACTICE: our school backpacks their big desk my English books her Spanish dictionaries your (fam) big notebook his new pencils
PRACTICA nuestras mochilas de colegio su escritorio grande mis libros de inglés sus diccionarios de español tu cuaderno grande sus lápices nuevos