Agreement
Spanish: AQA A Level, topic 14.3.1
Concordancia - Agreement
In Spanish, all adjectives have to agree with the noun they are describing.
Gender and Number
- Adjectives agree with the noun they are describing in gender and number.
- un gato pequeño, dos gatos pequeños
- one small cat, two small cats
Only Number
- However, agreements for gender only happen when the adjective ends in an 'a' or an 'o'.
- In these cases they only agree in number.
- Muchas ciudades grandes han prohibido el tráfico en el centro para evitar la contaminación del aire.
- Many large cities have banned traffic from the centre to avoid air pollution.
Examples
- Los jardines pequeños son más fáciles de cuidar si no tienes mucho tiempo libre.
- The small gardens are much easier to look after if you don’t have much spare time.
- Las rosas blancas son siempre las más bonitas.
- White roses are always the prettiest.
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