The vs. A Agreement
I really need to know what the (noun vs. a) (plurals) agreement is. I dont understand it
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Are you referring to the 4 words for "the" in Spanish? "el" (masculine singular), "la" (feminine singular) "los" (masculine plural) "las" (feminine plural). There are 2 ways to say "a" in Spanish: "un" (masc. singular) and "una" (fem singular). There are 2 ways the say "some" in Spanish: "unos" (masc plural) and "unas (fem plural). Some examples: a book - "un libro, some books - "unos libros", the book - "el libro", the books - "los libros". More examples: a pen - "una pluma" , some pens - "unas plumas", the pen - "la pluma", the pens - "las plumas". I hope that this helps, and I'm sorry if I didn't understand your question.
Well, I'm not sure that I understand your question. However, I can see that this is what looks like your second attrmpt to ask the same question.
From what you have entered on your profile page, it looks like your are a male of about 24 or 25 years of age. I'm guessing English is your mother tongue. If these facts are correct, you may be able to read and understand these notes:
"Adjectives describe a quality of a noun. In Spanish all parts of a noun phrase must match in gender and number to show they they come as a distinctive part of the sentence. Adjectives must agree with the noun (or pronoun) they describe in gender and in number to show which noun they are describing. This means that if the noun is feminine, the adjective must be feminine, and if that same noun is plural, the adjective will be feminine AND plural. You can easily find the gender of a noun by looking at the article that precedes it.
In case you need a review to tell you or remind you what these parts of speech are, here are some references for you.
Look here to see what is A Noun
Look here to see what is An Adjective
Look here to see what is A Pronoun
What I have entered here is a part of a Reference Article created and kept here at Span¡shD!ct.com. You should read the Reference Article for a better understanding of adjectives.
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when the adjective matches the noun both in quantity and gender. for example if you wanted to say "the red shirt" la camisa roja. roja (red) has to agree with camisa (shirt) because it is feminine so you use roja instead of rojo. if you said "the red shirts" it would be las camisas rojas. it still agrees with the feminine aspect but it also becomes plural because the noun is plural. if you had a masculine noun like el escritorio antiguo (the old desk) antiguo is masculine to agree with escritorio.
