CSG223

CSG223



212 Complete Spanish Grammar

•    Masculine adjectives that end in -o drop the -o and add -a for the feminine forms. To form the plural, both masculine and feminine, add -s to the singular ending.

Singular    Plural

bueno, buena (good)    buenos, buenas

perezoso, perezosa (lazy)    perezosos, perezosas

precioso, preciosa (precious)    preciosos, preciosas

Esta camisa negra es importada de    This black shirt is importedfrom Italy.

Italia.

Los zapatos rojos son de Espana.    The red shoes are from Spain.

   Numerous adjectives in Spanish have a single form for the masculine and feminine. If the adjective ends in -e, add -s for the plural. If it ends in a consonant, add -es.

Plural


Singular

debil (weak)    debiles

perseverante (perseuering)    perseverantes

Examples

a pleasant personality an interesting story popular movies

French winę and French pastries a fast car and some fast boats


una personalidad agradable

un cuento interesante

peliculas populares

un vino frances y pasteles franceses

un auto velozy unos botes veloces

A few spelling rules: Notę that some adjectives may drop or add an accent mark when they are changed from singular to plural and vice versa. Adjectives of nationality are not capitalized. Remember to change z to c before adding the -es plural ending.

Here are some adjectives that have the same form in the masculine and feminine. Practice put-ting them in the plural.

agradable

pleasant

feliz

happy

natural

natural

azul

blue

fuerte

strong

optimista

optimistic

carmesi

red

gris

gray

pesimista

pessimistic

dificil

difficult, hard

inferior

inferior

realista

realistic

facil

easy, simple

interesante

interesting

triste

unhappy

fatal

fatal

mediocre

mediocre

verde

green

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ejercicio

Practica. iMasculino o femenino ? Escńbe la forma apropiada del adjetivo entre parentesis.

1.    dolor (agudo) _ 5. viaje (interminable) _

2.    patio (grandę) _ 6. suspiro (sigh) (profundo) _

3.    avión (viejo) _ 7. mesa (redondo) _

4. casa (fabuloso)


8. rumor (malicioso)


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