In Spanish, it’s super important to match describing words (adjectives) with naming words (nouns) in terms of both gender (boy-like or girl-like) and number (one or more). Let’s go through it step by step!

1. Gender Agreement

In Spanish, nouns can be masculine (boy-like) or feminine (girl-like). You can usually tell which is which by looking at the endings of the words.

• Masculine:

  • Nouns often end with -o. For example, "chico" means boy.
  • Adjectives end in -o too. So, "alto" means tall.

• Feminine:

  • Nouns often end with -a. For example, "chica" means girl.
  • Adjectives also end in -a. So, "alta" means tall.

2. Number Agreement

Nouns and adjectives can be singular (one) or plural (more than one).

• Singular:

  • "el chico alto" means the tall boy.
  • "la chica alta" means the tall girl.

• Plural:

  • To make nouns and adjectives plural, add -s if they end with a vowel (like a, e, i, o, u).
  • Add -es if they end with a consonant (any letter that’s not a vowel).
  • "los chicos altos" means the tall boys.
  • "las chicas altas" means the tall girls.

3. Combined Examples

Here are more examples to show how this works:

• Singular:

  • "el coche rojo" means the red car.
  • "la casa blanca" means the white house.

• Plural:

  • "los coches rojos" means the red cars.
  • "las casas blancas" means the white houses.

So remember, it’s important to make sure that both the noun and the adjective match in gender (masculine or feminine) and number (singular or plural). This is key to getting Spanish grammar right!