1. Adjective Agreement in Spanish

2. What is an Adjective? Adjectives describe nouns!
Adjectives are descriptive words!
Examples:
bonito(a) feo(a)
gordo(a) delgado(a)
honesto(a) mentiroso(a)
obediente desobediente

3. How is at all works:
masculine
A. All nouns in Spanish have a gender. They are either _________________ or __________________.
feminine
Dario es lindo.
Krisna es linda.

4. How is at all works:
gender (masculine/feminine)
B. Adjectives in Spanish must follow and agree with the _____________________ and ________________________of the noun.
number (singular/plural)
Ellos son guapos.
Ellas son hermosas.
Ellos están contentos.

5. How is at all works:
- a
C. Feminine Nouns: Generally end in _________. Ex: la chica la maestra la pluma * All words ending in _________ & _________ are feminine. Ex: la ciudad - city la edad - age la estación - season
La chica es cariñosa.
- dad
- ción
La ciudad es bonita.

6. D. Masculine Nouns: Generally end in _______________.
How is at all works:
D. Masculine Nouns: Generally end in _______________.
- o
Ex: el chico
el abuelo
el bolígrafo
el libro
El libro es rojo.
El bolígrafo es negro.

7. How is at all works:
- e el la
E. Nouns that end in ________ must be memorized with the article in order to remember gender.   EX: “cine”- theater “clase” - class ____ cine ____ clase   (The same applies for nouns ending in a consonant like “calcetín”- ______ calcetín.) Other Examples: el fútbol el celular el proyector el

8. Making nouns and adjectives agree:
To form the plural:
If the noun/adjective ends in a ____________ just add ______.
vowel -s
Los muchachos son atléticos.
El muchacho es atlético.

9. To form the plural: - es - consonant
Making nouns and adjectives agree:
To form the plural:
If the noun/adjective ends in a ____________ add _________ to make it plural
- es
- consonant
Los balones son azules.
El balón es azul.

10. inglés ---- inglesa ingleses --- inglesas
Making nouns and adjectives agree:
To form the plural:
Exceptions:
If a noun/adjective ends in a ____, change it to a _____ and add _________.
Ex: lápiz--- lapices
pez --- peces
Nationalities: To make nationalities that end in a consonant agree in gender, add _________ to the nationality for females.
Ex: SINGULAR PLURAL
inglés ---- inglesa ingleses --- inglesas
español --- española españoles --- españolas
- z
- es
- c
- a