Beginners Guide to Ladino/Adjectives in Ladino

Agreement As is the case with all natural languages, adjectives in Ladino, like the prior-taught verbs, must follow the rules of agreement. Put simply, agreement is when the words either match up with the the pronoun of a sentence (which linguists call the word in the 'nominative case') or the object of the sentence (which linguists call the 'accusative case'). For example, when we discussed verbs, the word 'avlar' had to be conjugated as 'avlo' when used with the first person singular ('yo') or 'avlas' when used with the second person singular ('tu'). In Ladino, adjectives must agree with the word they modify in gender and number. +MasculineFeminineSingular -o (serado) -a (serada)Plural -os (serados) -as (seradas) Irregular Adjectives Like in Spanish, there exists in Ladino irregular adjectives ending in '-e'. These verbs do not conjugate for neither number or gender, and remain the same no matter what word they follow. For example, the adjective 'triste' (sad) will remain 'triste' even when after the feminine word 'figura' or masculine word 'caballero'.