I don't understand the point of the lesson. When do you ad an a and when don't you?

Bo S.A1Kwiziq community member

I don't understand the point of the lesson. When do you ad an a and when don't you?

Asked 5 years ago
InmaKwiziq team member

Hola Bo

The lesson is saying that the general rule is to take the feminine form of the adjective (ending in -a, e.g rápida, mágica, clara, ...) and add -mente, but if the adjective is the same for masculine and feminine, you just take that form, e.g feliz, legal, elegante... and add -mente to it. 

rápidamente, mágicamente, claramente...

felizmente, legalmente, elegantemente... (these don't have a form for masculine and a form for feminine, they are the same, so "la mujer feliz, el hombre feliz" for example.

Hope this helps

Saludos

Inma

Karen B.B1Kwiziq community member

Is there any trick to recognizing the adjectives that have the same form for masculine and feminine, without memorizing all the possibilities?

InmaKwiziq team member

Hola Karen

I'm afraid not; it is a question of memorising those and using them a lot when you practise. 

Inma

I don't understand the point of the lesson. When do you ad an a and when don't you?

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