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Do you know how to use Spanish adjectives?
Welcome to Three Step Spanish Practice by SpanishPod101.com! In this lesson, you'll practice using Spanish adjectives naturally by ensuring they match the noun's gender and number.
Let's look at the main dialogue.
Two people are having a conversation in the store. They are discussing computers.
Disculpe, ¿qué computadora me recomienda?
"Excuse me, which computer do you recommend?"
Pues... esta es muy rápida.
"Well... this one is very fast."
rápida
meaning "fast" is used here in its feminine singular form because esta refers to the feminine noun computadora.
In Spanish, most adjectives change based on gender and number.
Masculine adjectives ending in -o change to -a for the feminine form, so the masculine adjective bonito, meaning "pretty" or "nice," becomes bonita.
Adjectives that end in -e or a consonant stay the same for both genders, such as grande, meaning "big."
For plurals, adjectives add -s if they end in a vowel, so bonito, meaning "pretty" or "nice," becomes bonitos, bonitas, and grande, meaning "big," becomes grandes.
If the adjective ends in a consonant, it adds -es.
Let's practice using more adjectives in this lesson.

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