1. Los Adjetivos/The Adjectives
Realidades 1
Capítulo 1B
Apuntes #1:
Los Adjetivos/The Adjectives

2. What is an adjective (adjetivo)?
Adjectives are words that
describe people and things,
in other words, NOUNS!
for example:
the pretty girl
the blue pen

3. Rules for adjectives in Spanish:
In Spanish, most adjectives have both
masculine and feminine forms. The
masculine form ends in an and the
feminine form ends in an : -o -a

4. a. Masculine adjectives are used to
describe masculine nouns and
usually end with the letter -o
modelo:
Marco es ordenad y simpátic o o
(Marco is organized and nice)

5. Feminine adjectives are used
to describe feminine nouns and
usually end in the letter -a
modelo:
Marta es ordenad y simpátic a a
(Marta is organized and nice)

6. Adjectives that end in an describe both masculine and feminine nouns.
modelos:
Anita es inteligent .
Pedro es inteligent también. e e
(Anita is intelligent.
Pedro is intelligent, too.)

7. Adjectives whose masculine form
ends in have a feminine form
that ends in
-dor
-dora
modelo:
Juan es trabaja
Luz es trabaja
dor
dora
(Juan is hard-working.
Luz is hard-working)

8. Some adjectives that end in , such as, deportist (athletic) describe
BOTH masculine and feminine nouns. -a a
modelo:
Tomás es deportist
Marta es deportist también. a a
(Tomás is athletic.
Marta is athletic, too.)

9. Spanish Adjectives Summary Chart
MASCULINE
FEMININE
ordenado
ordenada
paciente
paciente
trabajador
trabajadora
*deportista
*deportista

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