Word Order Placement of Adjectives P 62 Realidades
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Word Order: Placement of Adjectives P. 62 Realidades 1
Placement of Adjectives • In Spanish, adjectives usually come after the noun they describe. • Margarita es una chica artistica. noun adjective
Placement of Adjectives • In English sentences the adjective comes before the noun, but in Spanish adjectives mostly come after the noun. • Memorize this pattern
Placement of Adjectives Subject + Verb + Noun + Adjective • Margarita es una chica muy artistica. • Pablo es un estudiante inteligente. • La Sra. Ortiz es una profesora muy buena.
Adjectives in Spanish Los adjetivos en español
Adjectives are like mirrors: they reflect the gender and number of the noun they modify. Adjective = Noun in
Nouns have gender and number in Spanish and so the adjective must reflect the same gender and number as its noun. El chico simpático or La chica simpática
or Los chicos simpáticos or Las chicas simpáticas
Regular adjectives--those that end in o--change to the feminine by dropping the -o and adding -a; they then change to the plural by adding -s to either form: Masculine: Feminine: Singular: alto alta Plural: altos altas
Most irregular adjectives--those that end in a letter other than o--only change the ending to indicate plurals. If the adjective ends in a consonant, the plural form adds -es. Masculine: Feminine: Singular fácil Plural fáciles
Adjectives that end in -or add -a to form the feminine: El estudiante trabajador La estudiante trabajadora Adjectives that end in -z change the -z to -c and then add -es to form the plural: La estudiante feliz El estudiante feliz Los estudiantes felices Las estudiantes felices
Some exceptions to the previous rules are adjectives of nationality and adjectives that end in -or or -z. Adjectives of nationality that end in consonants add -a to form the feminine singular, which then forms its plural by adding -s. El chico japonés El libro alemán La chica japonesa La revista alemana El restaurante español La cafetería española
If more than one adjective modifies and follows a noun , you may connect them with the conjunction -y: Una muchacha simpática y interesante or Un muchacho bajo y ágil
Remember that in Spanish , whether it follows or precedes the noun, the adjective must match the noun in gender and number: (Adj)xy = N = ( Adj) xy Adj=adjective N= noun X=masculine or feminine Y= singular or plural xy
- Word order placement of adjectives (p. 62)
- Adjectives letter o
- In order to examples
- 1st order 2nd order 3rd order neurons
- El sr. ortega / inteligente / es / profesor / un
- Adjectives comparative
- Strong adjectives چیست
- Order letter example for business
- Order of adjectives
- English to spanish
- Brush strokes writing
- Adjectives shifted out of order
- Order of adjectives chart
- Image grammar
- What are adjectives shifted out of order