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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