Adjetiver
Adjectives are used to describe properties of the substantive they come
with. They have always the same gendre and number as the substantive.
Some have two terminations, one for femenin one for masculin:
El coche nuev
o. Los
coche
s
nuevo
s.
La casa nuev
a.
Las casa
s nuev
as.
Other have one common termination for both gendres:
El coche
grande.
Los coche grande
s.
La casa
grande.
Las casas grande
s.
Other examples of one-termination adjektives are:
azul - verde - naranja - violeta
blue - green - orange - violett
As an informal rule, we could say that every adjektive which does not
end with "-o" is potentially a one-termination adjektive. Every
adjektives which ends with "-o" is a two-termination adjektive because
the "o" can be replaced with an "a" (building so their femenin form).
Building the femenin (or masculin) of the adjektive or building the
plural is as easy as with substantives and the same rules are applied:
Masculin |
Femenin |
nuevo |
nueva |
feo |
fea |
loco |
loca |
grande |
grande |
For plural you only have to add an "s" or "es" to the end. If it ends
with vowel add "s" if it ends with consonant add "es".
Singular |
Plural |
nuevo |
nuevos |
guapa |
guapas |
grande |
grandes |
cruel |
crueles |
fiel |
fieles |
The adjektive in
the sentence
In spanish the adjektive can be placed before the substantive or after
it:
La casa bonit
a. La
bonit
a
casa.
- In singular
Las casa
s
bonita
s.
Las bonita
s
casa
s.
- In plural
Vocabulary used
in the examples:
casa - house
coche - car
cruel - cruel
feo , fea - ugly
fiel - fidel
grande - big
guapo, guapa - beautiful
loco , loca - crazy
nuevo, nueva - new
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