Adjectives — Defined

Adjectives — Defined

Adjectives are the words which delimit or give you specific information about the various nouns in a sentence. They tell you size, color, weight, pleasantness, and many other qualities. Such words as big, expensive, terrible, insipid, hot, delightful, ruddy, informative are all clear adjectives. If you are in doubt whether a certain word is an adjective, put the word "more" or "too" in front of it. If it makes good sense in the sentence, and does not end in -ly, the chances are that it is an adjective.

He is a very nice boy.

In Spanish, adjectives have to agree in number and gender with the nouns they accompany. We have nothing comparable to this in English. In most cases, also contrary to English usage, adjectives usually follow their nouns.

Es un chico muy simpático.
He is a very nice boy.

Son chicos muy simpáticos.
They are very nice boys.