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The Spanish language uses adjectives in a similar way to English and most other Indo-European languages. Spanish adjectives usually go after the noun they modify, and they agree with what they refer to in terms of both number (singular/plural) and gender (masculine/feminine). Spanish adjectives are very similar to nouns, and often interchangeable with them. A bare adjective can take an article and be used in the same place as a noun (where English would require nominalization using the pronoun ''one(s)''). For example: :''El rojo va aquí/acá, ¿no?'' = "The red one goes here, does it not?" :''Tenemos que tirar las estropeadas'' = "We have to throw away the broken ones." ==Agreement== Adjectives in Spanish can mostly be divided into two large groups: those that can be found in the dictionary ending in ''o'', and the others. The former typically agree for number and gender; the latter typically agree just for number. Here are some examples: ''frío'' means "cold". This is the dictionary form, and it corresponds to the masculine singular form. When it agrees with a feminine noun, it becomes ''fría''. When it agrees with a plural noun, it becomes ''fríos''. When it agrees with a noun that is both feminine and plural, it becomes ''frías''. Here is a list of a few common adjectives in their four forms: *''frío'' = "cold"; → ''frío, fría, fríos, frías'' *''pequeño'' = "small"; → ''pequeño, pequeña, pequeños, pequeñas'' *''rojo'' = "red"; → ''rojo, roja, rojos, rojas'' Identifying adjectives diagram Do Adjectives End in "o"? / \ / \ Yes No / \ / \ / \ / \ Masculine? Feminine? Singular? \ (No Change)("o" becomes "a") (No Change)\ \ / \ \ / Plural Plural / \ (Add "s") / \ End in Vowel? \ (Add "s") End in Consonant? (Add "es") Here are a few common adjectives that agree only in number: *''caliente'' = "hot" → ''caliente, caliente, calientes, calientes'' *''formal'' = "formal" → ''formal, formal, formales, formales'' *''verde'' = "green" → ''verde, verde, verdes, verdes'' The division into these two groups is a generalisation however. There are many examples such as the adjective ''español'' itself which does not end in ''o'' but adds an ''a'' for the feminine and has four forms (''español, española, españoles, españolas''). There are also adjectives that do not agree at all (generally words borrowed from other languages, such as the French ''beige'' (also Hispanicised to ''beis'')). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Spanish adjectives」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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