Spanish Adjectives

Spanish Noun and Adjective Agreement

So we have covered a few different topics on Spanish adjectives. Let's review them for a little bit before we continue on to adverbs. We talked about demonstrative, indefinite, and possessive adjectives. Each one has its own unique purpose in the Spanish language. English adjectives have their purpose and meaning and so do Spanish ones. Below is a short explanation or review, of the previous few lessons.

All adjectives must agree in number and gender. That is sort of a given rule but that is also why I keep telling you. I want you to remember it. Demonstrative adjectives point at something. They focus on something in particular, as opposed to a general set of things. When there are a series of things being talked about in a setence, the demonstrative adjective must be used with every single one. If you are talking about the "girls and boys", you would use the appropriate adjective before boys and before girls.

The possessive adjectives refers to the possession of things. It talks about ownership. The singular possessive adjectives talk about a single noun. They do not talk about a variety of things. They are very focused in what they are referring to. Now, you also do not want to use the possessive adjective when talking about your body, or the human body in general. This is an exception rule to the use of possessives.

Most possessive adjectives are interchangeable. This means you could swap one for another and probably get away with it in "good grammar rules". Both forms of the possessive are used in everyday language. The short possessive is used a lot more and is generally more informal. The longer form of the possessive is thought of to be a more formal approach to speaking. However, you can use either one.

The last Spanish adjectives we are going to talk about are the indefinite adjectives. These adjectives reference nouns whose identity is sort of a "mystery" if you will. They are non-descriptive adjectives. When using the plural form in a sentence, use the plural indefinite. If you are using a singular form in your sentence, use a singular indefinite. Adverbs>>