Adjectives

Adjectives

There are basically three kinds of adjectives: descriptive (examples: big, blue, short, French, happy), demonstrative (examples: this, that, these, those), and possessive (examples: my, your, his, their).

Agreement

All adjectives agree with the noun in terms of number and gender (which means singular/plural, masculine/feminine). Examples:

Singular
un libro blanco
una mesa blanca
este libro
esa mesa
nuestro libro
nuestra mesa

Plural
unos libros blancos
unas mesas blancas
estos libros
esas mesas
nuestros libros
nuestras mesas

Placement

As seen in the preceding examples, descriptive adjectives usually go behind the noun while demonstratives and possessives usually go in front of the noun.

Possessive and Demonstrative Adjectives

The list of descriptive adjectives is simply too long to list here. It will, however, be convenient to give you a list of the possessives and demonstratives.

Possessives

mi/mis (my)          nuestro/a/os/as (our)
tu/tus (your)        vuestro/a/os/as (your)
su/sus (his,her,ud.) su/sus   (their, uds.)

mío/a/os/as (mine)           nuestro/a/os/as (ours)
tuyo/a/os/as (yours)          vuestro/a/os/as (yours)
suyo/a/os/as (his, hers, ud.) suyo/a/os/as (theirs, uds.)


Demonstratives

este     -   esta       (this)
estos    -   estas      (these)
ese      -   esa        (that)
esos     -   esas       (those)
aquel    -   aquella    (that)
aquellos -   aquellas   (those)

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