fem. pl. grises unas cortinas grises
Note: There is a small group of adjectives that end in a consonant but which have a
feminine form.This form is produced by adding -a to the masculine singular form.This
small group of adjectives are those that end in -án, -ón or -or:
Masculine Feminine
hablador habladora talkative
prometedor prometedora promising
dormilón dormilona sleepy
holgazán holgazana lazy
The plurals of these adjectives are formed in the normal way – i.e. by adding -s or -es as
appropriate. Notice the disappearance of stress marks in some of the feminine forms
when the extra syllable brings them into line with the normal rules of stress (see p. xi.)
This rule, however, does not apply to comparatives (‘better’, ‘bigger’, ‘higher’, etc.)
even though they end in -or:
e.g. mejor better
peor worse
superior higher
(^) inferior lower
interior inner
exterior outer
(^) una casa mejor a better house
una profesión superior a higher profession
Any adjective that indicates geographical origin or location will have a feminine singular
form in -a even if it ends in a consonant, and a feminine plural form in -as:
e.g. un chico español a Spanish boy
una chica española a Spanish girl
unos señores españoles some Spanish men
unas señoras españolas some Spanish ladies
Similarly:
francés/francesa/franceses/francesas French
catalán/catalana/catalanes/catalanas Catalan
andaluz/andaluza/andaluces*/andaluzas etc. Andalousian
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