Noun - Adjective

As we had seen last time, nouns in Spanish can be either singular or plural. But, unlike in English, adjectives in Spanish can also be singular or plural. Also, nouns in Spanish can be either masculine or feminine, and so can adjectives.

BASIC RULE:

• Singular nouns are accompanied by singular adjectives
• Plural nouns are accompanied by plural adjectives
  
• Masculine nouns are described by masculine adjectives
• Feminine nouns are described by feminine adjectives
  

In other words, the adjectives chosen to describe nouns must match in both number and gender.

To make the adjective plural, follow one of these steps:

• If it ends in an unstressed vowel, add -s.

• If it ends in a z, change the z to a c and add -es.

• If it ends in another consonant or a stressed vowel, add -es.

To make a masculine adjective feminine, follow one of these steps:

• If the singular masculine adjective ends in an -o, change it to an -a

• If the singular masculine adjective ends in any other letter, the feminine form is the same