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Adjectives: agreement, position, possessives and demonstratives
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Spanish adjectives agree with their noun in gender and number, and most go after the noun.
Agreement patterns
Adjectives change to match the noun.
Position
Most adjectives go after the noun: un coche rojo.
Some go before and shorten before a masculine singular noun: buen, mal, primer, tercer, algún, ningún: un buen libro, el primer día, ningún problema.
gran before any singular noun means great: una gran ciudad.
Some go before and shorten before a masculine singular noun: buen, mal, primer, tercer, algún, ningún: un buen libro, el primer día, ningún problema.
gran before any singular noun means great: una gran ciudad.
Possessives and demonstratives
my mi / mis, your tu / tus, his / her / their su / sus, our nuestro / nuestra / nuestros / nuestras, your (plural) vuestro / vuestra / vuestros / vuestras.
this / these: este, esta, estos, estas. that / those: ese, esa, esos, esas.
(Aquel, 'that over there', is Higher.)
this / these: este, esta, estos, estas. that / those: ese, esa, esos, esas.
(Aquel, 'that over there', is Higher.)
Translate: the English girls
- girls = las chicas (feminine plural)
- inglés becomes inglesa, then inglesas (the accent drops)
- The adjective goes after the noun.
Answer: las chicas inglesas
Adjectives agree in gender and number and usually follow the noun. Buen, mal, primer, tercer, algún, ningún before a masculine singular noun. Nuestro and vuestro have four forms.
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