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)