1. Adjectives
Adjetivos

2. Adjective – a word that describes a
noun or distinguishes it from a
group of other nouns.
In English an adjective comes before the noun
it describes and has one form.
Ex: the red car the red cars
Before car it has the same form
even though there are more
cars

3. In Spanish, adjectives :
come after the noun
must agree with noun in number and gender.
So each adjective that ends in an “o” has four
forms: masculine, feminine, singular and plural.
Ex. tall = alto, alta, altos, altas
Adjectives that end in an “e” or a consonant have
two forms: singular and plural.
Ex. big = grande, grandes

4. Adjectives that end with “O”
 Adjectives that end in Singular Plural
“O” have four forms. Masculine Alto Altos
Masculine, Feminine, Feminine Alta Altas
Singular, and Plural.
Examples: Notice that the
article,
The tall boy = noun,
el muchacho alto and adjective
The tall girl = must match in gender and number.
la muchacha alta Don’t forget that the adjective
The tall boys = comes AFTER the noun
los muchachos altos in Spanish!
The tall girls =
las muchachas altas

5. Adjectives that end with “E” or consonants
• Adjectives that end in Singular Plural
“e” or a consonant Adjectives that Inteligente Inteligentes
end in “e”
have only two forms – Consonant Popular Populares
singular and plural.
*If an adjective ends in a VOWEL,
Examples: add an “s” to make if plural.
The popular boy = *If it ends in a CONSONANT,
el muchacho popular add an “es”.
The popular girl =
la muchacha popular Examples:
The popular boys = The intelligent boy = el muchacho inteligente
los muchachos populares intelligent girl = la muchacha inteligente
The
The popular girls = The intelligent boys = los muchachos inteligentes
las muchachas populares The intelligent girls = las muchachas inteligentes
Remember: ARTICLE, NOUN, and ADJECTIVE have to agree!