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Adjectives are words that describe people, places, and things Adjectives are words that describe people, places, and things. In Spanish, descriptive adjectives are used with the verb ser to point out characteristics such as nationality, size, color, shape, personality, and appearance. Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved.

Forms and agreement of adjectives Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved.

Adjectives that end in -o have four different forms Adjectives that end in -o have four different forms. The feminine singular is formed by changing the -o to -a. The plural is formed by adding -s to the singular forms. Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved.

Adjectives that end in -e or a consonant have the same masculine and feminine forms. Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved.

Adjectives that end in -or are variable in both gender and number. Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved.

Adjectives that refer to nouns of different genders use the masculine plural form. Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved.

Adjectives of nationality Unlike in English, Spanish adjectives of nationality are not capitalized. Proper names of countries, however, are capitalized. Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved.

Adjectives of nationality are formed like other descriptive adjectives Adjectives of nationality are formed like other descriptive adjectives. Those that end in -o form the feminine by changing the -o to -a. The plural is formed by adding an -s to the masculine or feminine form. Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved.

Adjectives of nationality that end in -e have only two forms, singular and plural. Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved.

Adjectives of nationality that end in a consonant form the feminine by adding -a. Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved.

Adjectives of nationality which carry an accent mark on the last syllable drop it in the feminine and plural forms. Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved.

Position of adjectives Descriptive adjectives and adjectives of nationality generally follow the nouns they modify. Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved.

Unlike descriptive adjectives, adjectives of quantity are placed before the modified noun. Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved.

Bueno/a and malo/a can be placed before or after a noun Bueno/a and malo/a can be placed before or after a noun. When placed before a masculine singular noun, the forms are shortened: bueno buen; malo mal. Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved.

When grande appears before a singular noun, it is shortened to gran, and the meaning of the word changes: gran = great and grande = big, large. Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved.