1. Adjectives & gender
Spanish 1

2. Nouns and Adjectives Nouns can be a person, place, thing, or idea
Dog
Love
Monica
Shoe
Adjectives describe nouns.
Hot
Small
Green

3. Masculine and Feminine
In Spanish all nouns are either masculine or feminine
Masculine
Chico
Ojo
Piso
Techo
Feminine
Chica
Cabeza
Boca
Pierna
What do you notice about the masculine nouns? The feminine nouns?

4. Endings
Masculine nouns often end in –o
Feminine nouns often end in –a

5. Agreement
In Spanish, adjective endings should agree with the endings of the nouns they describe
Masculine adjectives often end in –o
El chico guapo
The good looking boy
Feminine adjectives often end in –a
La chica guapa
The good looking girl

6. More important info In Spanish adjectives come after the noun.
This is the opposite of English
Most adjectives that end with –e match both genders
El chico paciente
La chica paciente
Many adjectives that end with a consonant match both genders
El chico fenomenal
La chica fenomenal
Some add –a to become feminine
El chico trabajador
La chica trabajadora
These adjectives must be learned
same word
same word
becomes