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Cheatsheet: Adjectives: Agreement and Position

Adjectives and adverbs

Adjectives: Agreement and Position

PointRuleExampleEnglish
Ending in -ofour forms: -o / -a / -os / -asun libro blanco / unas casas blancasa white book / some white houses
Ending in -e or a consonantone form for both gendersun examen fácil / una pregunta fácilan easy exam / an easy question
Nationalitya consonant ending adds -a for the feminineun chico español / una chica españolaa Spanish boy / a Spanish girl
Plural-s after a vowel, -es after a consonantverde → verdes / azul → azules
Positionafter the noun as a ruleun vestido rojoa red dress
Mixed groupmasculine and feminine nouns together take the masculine pluralJuan y Ana son simpáticos.Juan and Ana are nice.
A2-oradds -a for the feminineuna mujer trabajadoraa hard-working woman
B1buen / malbueno and malo drop -o before a masculine singular nounun buen libro / un mal díaa good book / a bad day
B1grangrande becomes gran before any singular noun and means greatuna gran idea / un gran paísa great idea / a great country
Trapthe noun's gender decides, even when it ends in -ael mapa nuevothe new map

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