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Adjectives
Adjectives
Adjectives are words that modify a noun, adding more info to it or restricting it in some way. Unlike English adjectives, Spanish adjectives have different endings for feminine, masculine, singular or plural, and they agree with the noun they modify:

  • Un hombre educado - An educated man
  • Una jirafa domesticada - A domesticated giraffe


    • Descriptive adjectives in Spanish usually go after the noun, but look out for the shortened ones that go before: gran big, buen good and mal bad, among others.

    Practise with a story from below


    Adjective or adverb?
    La magia del ají
    Chilli pepper: an effective treatment for arthritis
    With quiz     		Distributives: Cada
    Crece la población latina de EE.UU
    Hispanics the largest minority group in the US
    With vocabulary     		Agreement
    Amorales se pelean en Londres
    Mexican wrestles with art at Tate
    With quiz
    Possessives
    Bush y Kerry: anuncios en español
    US election candidates tried out Spanish skills to target voters
    With quiz and matching audio     		Indefinite adjectives and pronouns
    El Español en Internet: "Haz click con el mouse"
    How do technological advances affect language?
    With quiz and matching audio     		Adjectives that precede the noun
    Crece el turismo en España y América Latina
    Latin American and Spanish tourism on the increase
    With quiz and matching audio


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