ABSTRACT
Adjectives are 'describing' words. In Spanish, the adjective 'agrees' with the noun. Most singular adjectives end in -o when they are used with a masculine noun, and these change their ending to -a with a feminine noun. Like nouns, they form the plural by adding -s. There are adjectives which do not work quite like this. If an adjective ends in -e, it does not change between the masculine and feminine singular. However, it does have an -s on the end in the masculine and feminine plural. Nationalities which end in -a and -e do not change in the singular, but add -s in the plural; the few ending in -í only add -es for the plural. Most adjectives of colour form their agreements using the same rules as other adjectives, but marron only has the one singular form and the one plural form. Some adjectives shorten when they come before a noun. This is called apocopation.
