1.6 Gender and Number of Adjectives
Género y número de los adjectivos
An adjective describes a noun.
A Spanish adjective agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies, and ALMOST always follows the noun it describes.
Los colores Colors
|
negro/a
black |
blanco/a white |
rojo/a
red |
|
rosado/a
pink |
morado/a
purple |
amarillo/a
yellow |
|
anaranjado/a
orange |
Gender Neutrals
|
azul
blue |
verde
green |
marrón
brown |
gris
grey |
Checklist
- Sentence Order
- Gender
- Number
Example: El libro negro
- Sentence order: article noun adjective
- Gender: masculine
- Number: singular
- Adjectives that do not end in -o have the same form for describing both, masculine and feminine nouns.
| El taco excelente | La comida excelente |
| El poema interesante | La clase interesante |
| El carro gris | La mochila gris |
| El libro verde | La mesa verde |
- Gender specific adjectives to describe things, yourself and others.
| barato/a | inexpensive | pequeño/a | small | feo/a | ugly | rico/a | rich |
| caro/a | expensive | fantástico/a | fantastic | viejo/a | old | gordo/a | fat |
| estupendo/a | terrific | sincero/a | sincere | simpático/a | nice | tacaño/a | stingy |
| delgado/a | thin | guapo/a | handsome/beautiful | hermoso/a | beautiful |
Examples:
| La casa maravillosa | El libro maravilloso |
| La chica estupenda | El chico estupendo |
| La mochila amarilla es hermosa | El carro rojo es hermoso |
- Other Adjectives
| agradable | pleasant | alegre | happy | triste | sad | debil | weak |
| fuerte | strong | frágil | fragile | grande | big | horrible | horrible |
| joven | young | pobre | poor | difícil | difficult | inteligente | intelligent |
Examples:
| La chica agradable | El chico agradable |
| La mujer joven | El hombre joven |
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Los adjetivos y el verbo Ser Adjectives and the verb SER
Ser (to be)
| Yo | soy |
| Tú | eres |
| Usted, él, ella | es |
| Nosotros | somos |
| Ustedes, ellos(as) | son |
The verb ser (to be), in Spanish is used with adjectives that describe basic, characteristics or inherent qualities of the noun they modify.
Examples:
- Soy alta. I am tall.
- Eres inteligente. You are smart.
- El perro es grande. The dog is big.
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Additional Practice
To describe yourself, choose five adjectives from below and form five sentences. Don’t forget gender.
- alto
- rico
- simpático
- inteligente
- listo
- feo
- sincero
- estudioso
- joven
- viejo
Attribution
“Topic 3 Gender and Number of Adjectives” in Spanish 001 PSU New Kensington by Ana Ivette Serrano is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
