| THE REGULAR Adjective | Homepage | ||||||||
| The Adjective | French | Italian | Portuguese | Romanian | Spanish | Translation | |||
| Singular | Masculine | joli | bello | lindo | drăguţ | lindo | Pretty | ||
| Feminine | jolie | bella | linda | drăguţă | linda | Pretty | |||
| Neutral | None | None | None | drăguţ | None | Pretty | |||
| Plural | Masculine | jolis | belli | lindos | drăguţi | lindos | Pretty | ||
| Feminine | jolies | belle | lindas | drăguţe | lindas | Pretty | |||
| Neutral | None | None | None | drăguţe | None | Pretty | |||
| How to Avoid Confusions? | |||||||||
| In all five languages the adjective varies in gender and number with the noun that it describes: e.g., un lindo vestido | |||||||||
| (Spanish: a pretty dress). In Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish, masculine adjectives end in o and feminine adjectives in a. | |||||||||
| In French, there is no rule, but in general, a feminine adjective is formed by adding an e to the masculine. | |||||||||
| Except in Italian and Romanian, in all languages, the plural is usually formed by adding an s. | |||||||||
| In Romanian, there are three genders, as is the case with the noun. The singular neutral is exactly as the masculine singular | |||||||||
| form, while the plural neutral is the same as the feminine plural form. | |||||||||
| Adjectives follow the noun when they describe or differentiate the noun; one or two syllable-adjectives may come before. | |||||||||
| Adjectives expressing a characteristic quality precede the noun, some change in meaning as they change the place. | |||||||||
| Examples: un grand écrivain -- un écrivain grand (French: a great writer - a tall writer), same for the following French | |||||||||
| adjectives: cher (dear-expensive), pauvre (sad-impoverished), seul (single-lonely). They have corresponding forms in | |||||||||
| the other languages, like in Italian, un pover' uomo - un uomo povero (a sad man-an impoverished man). | |||||||||