SPAN 3051 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: The Nice, Infinitive, Preposition And Postposition
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Adjectives tell you something about the noun or noun phrase, for example: la alumna colombiana. Adjectives that end in -o are masculine: un amigo argentino. Masculine plurals end in -os: los amigos argentinos. Adjectives that end in -a are usually feminine: la muchacha bonita. Feminine plurals end in -as: las muchachas bonitas. Some adjectives end in -e and the plural form ends in -es: el curso interesante. Some adjectives end in a consonant and the plural is formed with -es: Nouns are names of things, places, ideas/concepts, or people. Examples of nouns: pedro - name of a person, casa (house) - name of a thing, centro comercial (shopping mall) - name of a place, democracia (democracy) - name of a concept (abstract noun) Remember that in spanish nouns need to carry the gender and number. To do this correctly, you need to remember the rules and exceptions for feminine and masculine nouns.
