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| 1. What are Indefinite Adjectives? | 2. Indefnite Adjective Examples |
| 3. Key Points of Indefnite Adjectives | 4. Where to use Spanish Indefinite Adjectives |
An indefinite adjective is one of a small group of adjectives used to talk about people or things in a general way without saying exactly who or what they are, for example, several, all, every.Indefinite Adjectives Definition
In English, indefinite adjectives do not change, but in Spanish most indefinite adjectives change for the feminine and plural forms.
| pocos amigos | Few Friends |
Singular masculine Feminine Plural Masculine Feminine Meaning Algun alguna algunos algunas some; any cada cada each; every mismo misma mismos mismas same mucho mucha muchos muchas a lot of otro otra otros otras another; other poco poca pocos pocas little; few tanto tanta tantos tantas so much; so many todo toda todas varios todas varias all; every several
KEY POINTSTIP:
Some and any are usually not translated before nouns that you can't count like bread, butter, water.Is there any milk? Hay leche? There isn't any butter. No hay mantequilla.
| a definite article (el, la, los, las) | |
| They've been studying all night. | Han estudiado durante toda la noche. |
| They come every day. | Vienen todas los dias. |
| A demonstrative adjective (este, ese, aquel and so on) | |
| It has rained all this week | Ha llovido toda esta semana. |
| A possessive adjectives (mi, tu, su and so on) | |
| I'll sort out all my books. | Pondre en orden todoas mis libros. |
| A Place Name. | |
| The whole of Madrid knows it. | lo sabe todo Madrid. |
| As in English, Spanish indefinite adjectives come BEFORE the noun they describe. | |
| The same films | las mismas peliculas |
