4.7.5
Adjectives that Change Endings
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Other Endings of Adjectives

Adjectives ending in 'or'
- If an adjective ends in ‘-or’ for masculine words, it changes to ‘-ora’ for feminine words.
- Mi hermano es muy hablador.
- My brother is very talkative.
- Mi hermana es muy habladora.
- My sister is very talkative.

Nationalities
- Some nationalities end in a consonant for masculine words.
- If the word is feminine, you add an ‘-a’ to the end.
- This changes the nationality to match a girl word or a feminine noun.

Nationalities: examples
- Luis es español.
- Luis is Spanish.
- María es española.
- María is Spanish.
1You, Family & Home
1.1Introducing Yourself & Being Polite
1.2Looks & Personality
1.3My Family & I
1.4Days, Months & Time
2School & Jobs
3Free Time
4Grammar
4.2Important Irregular Verbs
4.3Regular Verbs in the Present Tense
4.4Verbs in the Immediate Future
4.5Negatives
4.6Nouns
4.7Adjectives
4.8Prepositions
4.9Questions
4.10Conjunctions
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1You, Family & Home
1.1Introducing Yourself & Being Polite
1.2Looks & Personality
1.3My Family & I
1.4Days, Months & Time
2School & Jobs
3Free Time
4Grammar
4.2Important Irregular Verbs
4.3Regular Verbs in the Present Tense
4.4Verbs in the Immediate Future
4.5Negatives
4.6Nouns
4.7Adjectives
4.8Prepositions
4.9Questions
4.10Conjunctions
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- 1What adjective would you use with the word 'la playa'?Multiple choice
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