Gender of People & Adjectives

Gender of People & Adjectives

Adj/People ending in o

Change o to a

Adj/People ending in or

add a

Adj/People ending in -e, -ista, -consonant

(a consonant is anything not a e i o u)

leave it alone

Adj/People ending in -án, -ón, -ín, -és

remove accent, then add a

-ana, -ona, -ina, -esa

Exceptions

hombre > mujer

padre > madre

papá > mamá

actor > actriz

Now let's try them mixed up!

Now finish the sentence with the correct form of the adjective.

Now let's review plural - - because adjectives can be plural

• ends in a vowel > add s

• ends in a consonant > add es

• ends in z > change z to c then add es

• ends in án, ón, ín, és > remove accent then add es

• ends in en, add an accent on the vowel before en, then add es

Change GENDER (M/F)

Then Change NUMBER (SINGULAR/PLURAL)