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Small grammar overview of the Spanish adjectives
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The adjectives usually accompany the nouns in order to describe or identify them in more detail.
In adjectives, the use of the verbs ser and estar plays a particularly important role.
The forms of the adjective
In the form the adjectives change just like the noun, i.e. they always adapt in number and sex to the noun:
Example:
| masculine:
el hombre bueno – los hombres buenos un perro lindo – unos perros buenos feminine: la camisa blanca – las camisas blancas la mujer simpática – las mujeres simpáticas |
the good man / the good men a pretty dog / some pretty dogs
the white shirt / the white shirts the sympathetic woman / the sympathetic women |
The adjectives can be summarized in two groups according to their form:
– All adjectives whose masculine form ends in the singular on -o have two or with the plural four different endings.
El perro blanco – so
La perra negra – los perros negros – las perras negras
– Adjectives on -e are equal in masculine and feminine form
Example:
| Un niño inteligente – unos niños inteligentes
Una niña inteligente – unas niñas inteligentes |
An intelligent boy – some intelligent boys
An intelligent girl – some intelligent girls |
Exception:
For adjectives ending in -án, -ín, -ón or –or, a suffix -a is appended in the feminine form.
According to the emphasis rules, the graphic accent in the feminine form as well as in the plural form is then omitted.
Example:
Holgazán – holgazana – sluggish
Parlachín – parlachina – talkatively
Cabezón – cabezona – bullheaded
Trabajador – trabajadora – diligent
For adjectives ending in -ete or -ote, the last vowel is replaced by -a.
Example:
Majete, majeta – nice
Grandote, grandota – big
For nationality adjectives that end in a consonant, a -a is appended to create the female form.
Example:
El jamón español – the Spanish ham
La cerveza española – the Spanish beer
In the case of nationalities, however, adjectives with the suffixes -e, -a, -í or -ú have the same form for both sexes, both in the singular and in the plural.
Example:
Árabe(s) – arab
Belga(s) – belgian
Marroquí(es) – moroccan
Bantú(es) – bantu language
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