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It might provide a color:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>the ball<\/li>\r\n \t<li>the\u00a0<strong>red<\/strong>\u00a0ball<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nor a description:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>the house<\/li>\r\n \t<li>the\u00a0<strong>magnificent<\/strong>\u00a0house<\/li>\r\n \t<li>the house is\u00a0<strong>magnificent<\/strong>\u00a0(adjective following the linking verb \u201cis\u201d)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nNote: adjectives only modify\u00a0<strong>nouns\u00a0<\/strong>or\u00a0<strong>pronouns<\/strong>.\u00a0 To modify verbs, we use adverbs. Compare:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>You speak\u00a0<strong>well.<\/strong>\u00a0(adverb modifying the verb\u00a0<em>speak<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>That was a\u00a0<strong>good<\/strong>\u00a0speech. (adjective modifying the noun\u00a0<em>speech<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nWe\u2019ll get to Spanish adverbs in later chapters. For more about adjectives and adverbs in English, you can visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/styleguide\/chapter\/adjectives-and-adverbs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the style guide here<\/a>.\r\n\r\nAs we\u2019ll see, adjectives in Spanish behave slightly differently from those in English. First, they\u2019re often placed after the noun they modify: the\u00a0<strong>white<\/strong>\u00a0house,\u00a0<em><span lang=\"es\">la casa\u00a0<strong>blanca<\/strong><\/span><\/em>. Also, the endings of adjectives have to match the gender and number of the noun:\u00a0<span lang=\"es\"><em>casa blanc<strong>a<\/strong>, el libro blanc<strong>o,\u00a0<\/strong>los libros blanc<strong>os,<\/strong>\u00a0casas blanc<strong>as<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0<\/span>We\u2019ll get to all that in the pages ahead!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<h3>Adjectives<\/h3>\n<p>An adjective modifies a noun; that is, it provides more detail about a noun or pronoun. 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