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Do you know what the job of an adjective is? Adjectives describe nouns (people, places, things, ideas). You can use your new vocabulary to talk about yourself or other people.

Roberta is going to explain how to use one aspect of adjectives in Spanish.

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In order to change a masculine adjective that ends in -o to the feminine form, you simply change the -o to an -a. Observa:

alto	alta
bajo	baja
tonto	tonta
rubio	rubia
moreno	morena
pelirrojo	pelirroja
gordo	gorda
delgado	delgada
pequeño	pequeña

It is not difficult. It is simply something we have to remember in Spanish. Now, sometimes the adjectives do not end in -o. In many cases, this means there is no separate feminine form.

débil	débil
grande	grande
inteligente	inteligente