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Gender, number and adjective agreement
Make common nouns, articles and adjectives agree in gender and number.
Agreement usually follows the noun: many -o forms change to -a, and plurals add -s or -es. Learn exceptions with their article.
Patterns to reuse
un chico alto / una chica alta
a tall boy / a tall girl
oon CHEE-koh AHL-toh
unos restaurantes españoles
some Spanish restaurants
OO-nohs rrehs-tow-RAHN-tehs ehs-pah-NYOH-lehs
una ciudad grande / dos ciudades grandes
a big city / two big cities
OO-nah thyoo-DAHD GRAHN-deh
Watch out for
una problema
un problema
Problema is masculine.
dos mujer joven
dos mujeres jóvenes
Both noun and adjective must be plural.
Es una ciudad pequeña y tranquila.
It is a small, quiet city.
ehs OO-nah thyoo-DAHD peh-KEH-nyah ee trahn-KEE-lah
Son dos hombres jóvenes.
They are two young men.
sohn dohs OHM-brehs HOH-beh-nehs
Las casas blancas son bonitas.
The white houses are pretty.
lahs KAH-sahs BLAHN-kahs sohn boh-NEE-tahs
Tengo un problema importante.
I have an important problem.
TEHN-goh oon proh-BLEH-mah eem-pohr-TAHN-teh
Common Endings
Often Masculine
-o-ma (many Greek-origin nouns)
Often Feminine
-a-ción-sión-dad
Plural
vowel + sconsonant + esz → ces
Invariants
interesantegrandejoven (gender-invariant, not number-invariant)
Exceptions
el díael problemala manola foto
Try it out loud
transform
Make “un restaurante pequeño” feminine and plural.
What to include
unas cafeterías pequeñas
correction
Correct: “las chico españoles”.
What to include
los chicos españoles
production
Describe three objects around you using noun + two adjectives.
What to include
Check gender and number on every word.
Happy with all of this?
- I can form regular noun and adjective plurals.
- I usually match articles and adjectives to the noun.
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