Lo rápido or lo rápidos

William C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Lo rápido or lo rápidos

¡________ han hecho los chicos los deberes!How fast the boys did their homework!The answer given is "Lo rápido" but both "los chicos" and "los deberes" are plural. Why not "lo rápidos"
Asked 5 years ago
InmaKwiziq team member

Hola William

In this sentence we have Lo +adverb + que. The adverb here is "rápido", and adverbs don't agree in gender or number, they are invariable. I know that you may think that rápido can also be an adjective, e.g "coches rápidos", but in this case it is not acting as an adjective.

If we have a look at the sentence again: "¡Lo rápido que han hecho los chicos los deberes!, you can ask ¿how did they do their homework? answer: "quickly" -> adverb rápido =rápidamente.

However, it would be different if we said: "¡Lo rápidos que son los niños!" = How fast the kids are! Here, rápidos would be acting as an adjective for "niños", therefore they need to agree.

There is a note in the lesson explaining how you can spot when they are adjectives or adverbs.

I hope this makes it clearer for you to see the difference.

Un saludo

Inma

Lo rápido or lo rápidos

¡________ han hecho los chicos los deberes!How fast the boys did their homework!The answer given is "Lo rápido" but both "los chicos" and "los deberes" are plural. Why not "lo rápidos"

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