| Adjective Agreement |
| What is an adjective? | An
adjective is a word that describes another word. Examples
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| Are adjectives different in Spanish? | In
English, most adjectives generally come before the word they are
describing. However in Spanish adjectives generally comes
after the word it is describing. Examples
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| So, what does that mean when we are describing people? | In
English we usually use one word to describe people like carpenter,
teacher, student, painter, lawyer . In other words, we generally are
not gender specific when we describe professions. However,
many professions in the Spanish language are gender specific. In
general, most professions that end with an "o" are changed to an "a"
when describing a female. However, professions that end with an "r"
generally add an "a" to the end. Examples
a male painter would be el pintor but a female painter would be la pintora a male lawyer would be el abogado but a female lawyer would be la abogada |
| What is a masculine word and what is a feminine word? | In Spanish, words are characterized if they are masculine or feminine. Masculine words generally, but not always end with an "o" and feminine words generally, but not always end with an "a". The word "el" signals that a word is masculine while the word "la" signals that a word is feminine. |
| Now, Let's Practice! |
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