{"id":76,"date":"2021-01-13T14:54:35","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T14:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oneonta-spanish1-2-print-sp2021\/chapter\/gramatica-concordancia-de-adjetivos\/"},"modified":"2021-08-09T18:20:08","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T18:20:08","slug":"gramatica-concordancia-de-adjetivos","status":"web-only","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oneonta-spanish1-2-print-sp2021\/chapter\/gramatica-concordancia-de-adjetivos\/","title":{"raw":"Gram\u00e1tica: Concordancia de adjetivos","rendered":"Gram\u00e1tica: Concordancia de adjetivos"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\r\n<h3>Objetivos<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Recognize the correct position, gender and number of adjectives<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h3>Concordancia de adjetivos (<em>Adjective agreement<\/em>)<\/h3>\r\nYou learned in previous lessons that nouns and articles in Spanish must agree in both gender (masculine or feminine) and number (singular or plural):\r\n<ul lang=\"es\">\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/el_hombre.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el hombre (the man)<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/los_hombres.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>los hombres (the men)<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/la_nina.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>la ni\u00f1a (the girl)<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/unas_ninas.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>unas ni\u00f1as (some girls)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nThis same agreement must occur in Spanish when adjectives are used to describe nouns. If the noun you are using is masculine singular, the adjective must be masculine singular as well. It\u2019s important to note that while the gender of nouns is an inherent property, adjectives do not have this inherent characteristic. The gender of an adjective will change according to the noun that it describes.\r\n<h4>Four-form adjectives<\/h4>\r\nIf an adjective ends in -o for the masculine singular form, it generally will have four forms, agreeing in both gender and number with its noun as seen below.\r\n\r\nIf the noun is masculine and singular, the adjective that describes the noun will also be masculine and singular:\r\n<ul lang=\"es\">\r\n \t<li><strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/el_chico_generoso.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el<\/strong> chic<strong>o<\/strong> generos<strong>o\u00a0<\/strong>(the generous boy)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nIf the noun is feminine and singular, the adjective that describes the noun will also be feminine and singular:\r\n<ul lang=\"es\">\r\n \t<li><strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/la_chica_generosa.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>la<\/strong> chic<strong>a<\/strong> generos<strong>a\u00a0<\/strong>(the generous girl)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nIf the noun is masculine and plural, the adjective that describes the noun will also be masculine and plural:\r\n<ul lang=\"es\">\r\n \t<li><strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/los_chicos_generosos.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>los<\/strong> chic<strong>os<\/strong> generos<strong>os\u00a0<\/strong>(the generous boys)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nIf the noun is feminine and plural, the adjective that describes the noun will also be feminine and plural:\r\n<ul lang=\"es\">\r\n \t<li><strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/las_chicas_generosas.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>las<\/strong> chic<strong>as<\/strong> generos<strong>as\u00a0<\/strong>(the generous girls)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h4>Two-form adjectives<\/h4>\r\nIf a masculine singular adjective ends in a consonant or a vowel other than -o (most commonly -e), such as\u00a0<em><span lang=\"es\">importante<\/span><\/em>, it does not change for gender but it will change for number:\r\n<ul lang=\"es\">\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/el_documento_importante.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el documento importante (the important document)<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/la_clase_importante.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>la clase importante (the important class)<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/los_documentos_importantes.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>los documentos importantes (the important documents)<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/las_clases_importantes.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>las clases importantes (the important classes)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nThere is a common subset of two-form adjectives ending in \u201c-ista\u201d, which do not change for the gender of their nouns but do change for number:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Roberto es optimista y Carmela es optimista tambi\u00e9n. (<em>Roberto is optimistic and Carmela is optimistic also.<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Ellos son optimistas y ellas son optimistas tambi\u00e9n. (<em>They\u00a0<\/em>(masculine)<em>\u00a0are optimistic and they\u00a0<\/em>(feminine)<em>\u00a0are optimistic also.<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h4>Pluralization of adjectives<\/h4>\r\nThe plurals of adjectives are formed in the same way that you learned in previous lessons for nouns.\u00a0 Add an -s if the word ends in a vowel; add an -es if the word ends in a consonant:\r\n<div class=\"wp-nocaption alignright size-medium wp-image-3778\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3778\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4475\/2019\/05\/16221539\/bandera-blanca-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"white flag\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/div>\r\n<ul lang=\"es\">\r\n \t<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/el_marcador_verde.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el marcador verde (the green marker)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/los_marcadores_verdes.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>los marcadores verdes (the green markers)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/la_bandera_blanca.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>la bandera blanca (the white flag)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>las banderas blancas (the white flags)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/la_luz_debil.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>la luz d\u00e9bil (the weak light)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/las_luces_debiles.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>las luces d\u00e9biles (the weak lights)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h4>Position of adjectives<\/h4>\r\nAdjectives are usually placed\u00a0<strong>after the noun<\/strong>\u00a0they are describing, or after the verb\u00a0<em>ser<\/em>.\r\n<ul lang=\"es\">\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/mi_mama_cocina_comida_rica.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Mi mam\u00e1 cocina comida rica. (My mom cooks delicious food.)<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/los_medicos_son_inteligentes.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Los m\u00e9dicos son inteligentes. (The doctors are intelligent.)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nIndefinite adjectives, such as <em><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/mucho.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>mucho<\/em> (a lot, many), <em><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/alguno.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>alguno<\/em> (some), <em><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/ningun.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>ningun<\/em> (any), <em><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/cada.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>cada<\/em> (every) and numbers, both cardinal and ordinal, precede the noun.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Hay\u00a0<strong>muchos libros<\/strong>\u00a0en la oficina. (<em>There are\u00a0<strong>many books<\/strong>\u00a0in the office.<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Hay\u00a0<strong>siete d\u00edas<\/strong>\u00a0en\u00a0<strong>una semana<\/strong>. (<em>There are\u00a0<strong>seven days<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0<strong>one week<\/strong>.<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nThe adjectives <strong>mejor<\/strong> (better, best), <strong>peor<\/strong> (worse, worst), <strong>menor<\/strong> (younger, less, least) usually come before the noun (we'll get to the comparatives and superlatives in a later lesson!)\r\n\r\n<strong>Note:<\/strong>\u00a0There are a few exceptions to this placement that you will learn in future lessons.\u00a0 Also, some adjectives mean something slightly different when used before a noun instead of after. Here are just a few examples:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/alto.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Alto<\/span> (top or high \/ tall): <span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/pagamos_un_alto_precio.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Pagamos un alto precio<\/span> (We pay a high price). <span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/es_un_hombre_alto.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Es un hombre alto<\/span> (He is a tall man).<\/li>\r\n \t<li><span lang=\"es\">\u00danico<\/span> (only \/ unique): <span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/compramos_la_unica_marca.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Compramos la \u00fanica marca<\/span> (We buy the only brand). <span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/tengo_una_mochila_unica.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Tengo una mochila \u00fanica<\/span> (I have a unique backpack).<\/li>\r\n \t<li><span lang=\"es\">Gran<\/span> (great) or <span lang=\"es\">grande<\/span> (big, large): <span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/ella_es_una_gran_lider.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Ella es una gran l\u00edder<\/span> (She\u2019s a great leader). <span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/ella_lidera_un_pais_grande.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Ella lidera un pa\u00eds grande<\/span> (She leads a large country).<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<strong>Another note:<\/strong>\u00a0The word\u00a0<em><span lang=\"es\">grande<\/span><\/em>\u00a0doesn\u2019t just change meaning when used before a noun, it\u2019s shortened to\u00a0<em><span lang=\"es\">gran<\/span><\/em>. Other words get shortened only before a masculine singular noun, including:\u00a0<span lang=\"es\">bueno (buen), malo (mal), alguno (alg\u00fan) and ninguno (ning\u00fan)<\/span>.\r\n\r\n<strong>One more note:<\/strong>\u00a0When you look up an unfamiliar adjective in the dictionary, only the masculine singular form will be shown. You must make the change yourself according to the gender and\/or number of the noun you are using if it is not a masculine singular noun.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3>Objetivos<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Recognize the correct position, gender and number of adjectives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Concordancia de adjetivos (<em>Adjective agreement<\/em>)<\/h3>\n<p>You learned in previous lessons that nouns and articles in Spanish must agree in both gender (masculine or feminine) and number (singular or plural):<\/p>\n<ul lang=\"es\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/el_hombre.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el hombre (the man)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/los_hombres.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>los hombres (the men)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/la_nina.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>la ni\u00f1a (the girl)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/unas_ninas.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>unas ni\u00f1as (some girls)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This same agreement must occur in Spanish when adjectives are used to describe nouns. If the noun you are using is masculine singular, the adjective must be masculine singular as well. It\u2019s important to note that while the gender of nouns is an inherent property, adjectives do not have this inherent characteristic. The gender of an adjective will change according to the noun that it describes.<\/p>\n<h4>Four-form adjectives<\/h4>\n<p>If an adjective ends in -o for the masculine singular form, it generally will have four forms, agreeing in both gender and number with its noun as seen below.<\/p>\n<p>If the noun is masculine and singular, the adjective that describes the noun will also be masculine and singular:<\/p>\n<ul lang=\"es\">\n<li><strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/el_chico_generoso.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el<\/strong> chic<strong>o<\/strong> generos<strong>o\u00a0<\/strong>(the generous boy)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If the noun is feminine and singular, the adjective that describes the noun will also be feminine and singular:<\/p>\n<ul lang=\"es\">\n<li><strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/la_chica_generosa.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>la<\/strong> chic<strong>a<\/strong> generos<strong>a\u00a0<\/strong>(the generous girl)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If the noun is masculine and plural, the adjective that describes the noun will also be masculine and plural:<\/p>\n<ul lang=\"es\">\n<li><strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/los_chicos_generosos.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>los<\/strong> chic<strong>os<\/strong> generos<strong>os\u00a0<\/strong>(the generous boys)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If the noun is feminine and plural, the adjective that describes the noun will also be feminine and plural:<\/p>\n<ul lang=\"es\">\n<li><strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/las_chicas_generosas.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>las<\/strong> chic<strong>as<\/strong> generos<strong>as\u00a0<\/strong>(the generous girls)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Two-form adjectives<\/h4>\n<p>If a masculine singular adjective ends in a consonant or a vowel other than -o (most commonly -e), such as\u00a0<em><span lang=\"es\">importante<\/span><\/em>, it does not change for gender but it will change for number:<\/p>\n<ul lang=\"es\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/el_documento_importante.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el documento importante (the important document)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/la_clase_importante.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>la clase importante (the important class)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/los_documentos_importantes.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>los documentos importantes (the important documents)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/las_clases_importantes.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>las clases importantes (the important classes)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There is a common subset of two-form adjectives ending in \u201c-ista\u201d, which do not change for the gender of their nouns but do change for number:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Roberto es optimista y Carmela es optimista tambi\u00e9n. (<em>Roberto is optimistic and Carmela is optimistic also.<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>Ellos son optimistas y ellas son optimistas tambi\u00e9n. (<em>They\u00a0<\/em>(masculine)<em>\u00a0are optimistic and they\u00a0<\/em>(feminine)<em>\u00a0are optimistic also.<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Pluralization of adjectives<\/h4>\n<p>The plurals of adjectives are formed in the same way that you learned in previous lessons for nouns.\u00a0 Add an -s if the word ends in a vowel; add an -es if the word ends in a consonant:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-nocaption alignright size-medium wp-image-3778\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3778\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4475\/2019\/05\/16221539\/bandera-blanca-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"white flag\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/div>\n<ul lang=\"es\">\n<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/el_marcador_verde.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el marcador verde (the green marker)<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/los_marcadores_verdes.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>los marcadores verdes (the green markers)<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/la_bandera_blanca.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>la bandera blanca (the white flag)<\/li>\n<li>las banderas blancas (the white flags)<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/la_luz_debil.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>la luz d\u00e9bil (the weak light)<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/las_luces_debiles.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>las luces d\u00e9biles (the weak lights)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Position of adjectives<\/h4>\n<p>Adjectives are usually placed\u00a0<strong>after the noun<\/strong>\u00a0they are describing, or after the verb\u00a0<em>ser<\/em>.<\/p>\n<ul lang=\"es\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/mi_mama_cocina_comida_rica.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Mi mam\u00e1 cocina comida rica. (My mom cooks delicious food.)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/los_medicos_son_inteligentes.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Los m\u00e9dicos son inteligentes. (The doctors are intelligent.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Indefinite adjectives, such as <em><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/mucho.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>mucho<\/em> (a lot, many), <em><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/alguno.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>alguno<\/em> (some), <em><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/ningun.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>ningun<\/em> (any), <em><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/cada.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>cada<\/em> (every) and numbers, both cardinal and ordinal, precede the noun.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hay\u00a0<strong>muchos libros<\/strong>\u00a0en la oficina. (<em>There are\u00a0<strong>many books<\/strong>\u00a0in the office.<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>Hay\u00a0<strong>siete d\u00edas<\/strong>\u00a0en\u00a0<strong>una semana<\/strong>. (<em>There are\u00a0<strong>seven days<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0<strong>one week<\/strong>.<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The adjectives <strong>mejor<\/strong> (better, best), <strong>peor<\/strong> (worse, worst), <strong>menor<\/strong> (younger, less, least) usually come before the noun (we&#8217;ll get to the comparatives and superlatives in a later lesson!)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong>\u00a0There are a few exceptions to this placement that you will learn in future lessons.\u00a0 Also, some adjectives mean something slightly different when used before a noun instead of after. Here are just a few examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/alto.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Alto<\/span> (top or high \/ tall): <span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/pagamos_un_alto_precio.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Pagamos un alto precio<\/span> (We pay a high price). <span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/es_un_hombre_alto.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Es un hombre alto<\/span> (He is a tall man).<\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\">\u00danico<\/span> (only \/ unique): <span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/compramos_la_unica_marca.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Compramos la \u00fanica marca<\/span> (We buy the only brand). <span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/tengo_una_mochila_unica.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Tengo una mochila \u00fanica<\/span> (I have a unique backpack).<\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\">Gran<\/span> (great) or <span lang=\"es\">grande<\/span> (big, large): <span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/ella_es_una_gran_lider.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Ella es una gran l\u00edder<\/span> (She\u2019s a great leader). <span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U3\/ella_lidera_un_pais_grande.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Ella lidera un pa\u00eds grande<\/span> (She leads a large country).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Another note:<\/strong>\u00a0The word\u00a0<em><span lang=\"es\">grande<\/span><\/em>\u00a0doesn\u2019t just change meaning when used before a noun, it\u2019s shortened to\u00a0<em><span lang=\"es\">gran<\/span><\/em>. Other words get shortened only before a masculine singular noun, including:\u00a0<span lang=\"es\">bueno (buen), malo (mal), alguno (alg\u00fan) and ninguno (ning\u00fan)<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>One more note:<\/strong>\u00a0When you look up an unfamiliar adjective in the dictionary, only the masculine singular form will be shown. 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