Adjetivos Descriptivos - parte 3 (Number)

Learning Objectives Identify singular and plural nouns for family members. Change a singular adjective to its correct plural form. Match plural adjectives with plural nouns to show agreement. Describe a group of two or more family members using plural adjectives. Write a simple Spanish sentence using a plural noun and a matching plural adjective. Correctly apply the rules for making adjectives plural, including those ending in vowels and consonants. Have you ever wanted to describe your two funny cousins, not just one? 🤪 Let's learn how to make our describing words ready for a group! Today, we are learning how to make adjectives plural. This means we'll change them so they can describe more than one person or thing. It's an important rule so our sentences ma...

TermDefinitionExample SingularWhen you are talking about only ONE person, place, or thing.mi hermano (my brother) PluralWhen you are talking about MORE THAN ONE person, place, or thing.mis hermanos (my brothers) Adjetivo (Adjective)A word that describes a person, place, or thing (a noun).alto (tall), simpática (nice), joven (young) Sustantivo (Noun)The name of a person, place, or thing.tía (aunt), primos (cousins), abuela (grandmother) Concordancia de Número (Number Agreement)Making sure your adjective is plural if your noun is plural. They have to match!La prima es alta. -> Las primas son altas.

Rule 1: Adjectives ending in a vowel (-a, -e, -i, -o, -u) Add an -s to the end. This is the most common rule. If your describing word ends with a vowel, just add an 's' to make it plural. Rule 2: Adjectives ending in a consonant Add -es to the end. If your describing word ends in any letter that is not a vowel (like -l, -n, -r), add 'es' to make it plural. Rule 3: Adjectives ending in -z Change the -z to a -c, then add -es. This is a special spelling rule. The letter 'z' doesn't like to be in the middle of a word in Spanish, so it changes to a 'c' before we add 'es'.