This document discusses Spanish adjectives and their forms for masculine and feminine nouns. Most Spanish adjectives have both masculine and feminine forms, with the masculine usually ending in -o and the feminine in -a. Adjectives must agree in gender with the nouns they describe. Some adjectives ending in -e or -a can describe both masculine and feminine nouns.

1. Adjectives
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2. Adjectives
q Words that describe people and things
are called adjectives (adjetivos).
q In Spanish, most adjectives have both
masculine and feminine forms.
q The masculine form usually ends in the
letter -o and the feminine form usually
ends in the letter -a.

3. Adjectives
q Masculine adjectives are used
to describe masculine nouns.
q Marcos es ordenado y
simpatico.
q Marcos is organized and nice.

4. Adjectives
q Feminine adjectives are used to
describe feminine nouns.
q Marta es ordenada y simpática.
q Marta is organized and nice.

5. Adjectives
q Adjectives that end in -e
describe both masculine and
feminine nouns.
q Take a look

6. Adjectives
q Anita es inteligente.
q Anita is smart.
q Pedro es inteligente también.
q Pedro is also smart.

7. Adjectives
Masculine Feminine
ordenado ordenada
trabajador traqbajadora
paciente paciente
deportista deportista

8. Adjectives
q When an adjective ends in -or,
an -a is added to describe a
feminine noun.
q Juan es trabajador.
q Luz es trabajadora

9. Adjectives
q Some adjectives that end in -a,
such as deportista, describe
both masculine and feminine
nouns.
q You will need to learn which
adjectives follow this pattern.

10. Adjectives
q Tomás es deportista.
q Tomás is sports-minded.
q Marta es deportista también.
q Marta is also sports-minded.