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The gender of adjectives

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1 The gender of adjectives
Adjectives are words that describe nouns. For example, in the sentence Anita es alta (Anita is tall) alta is an adjective because it describes Anita

2 The gender of adjectives
Other examples are: Daniel es delgado/ Daniel is thin Alma es bonita/ Alma is pretty Yo soy inteligente/ I am intelligent.

3 The gender of adjectives
In Spanish, an adjective that describes a masculine noun must also be masculine; one that describes a feminine noun must be feminine. In order o make adjectives masculine or feminine, you may have to change the ending

4 Adjectives Endings Masculine -o alto feminine -a alta

5 The gender of adjectives
There are adjectives that have only one ending for both masculine and feminine nouns. These adjectives end in –e or in a consonant Examples: elegante/ elegant inteligente/intelligent fuerte/strong interesante/interesting popular/popular exigente/demanding

6 The gender of adjectives
When you use more than one adjective, the last one is connected by y(and) Él es grande, alto y fuerte The word y becomes e whenever it is followed by a word beginning with i or hi Carlos es guapo e inteligente.


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