Feminine vs Masculine

Tonya G.B1Kwiziq community member

Feminine vs Masculine

1 IncorrectYouThe answersListenMore1Esta medicina es muy ________.This medicine is very effective.HINT: eficaz = masculine for adjective "effective"eficazeficaza How do I know when to make the word feminine or masculine because the rule does not seem to consistently apply to all words ending in -z and -l  when the noun is feminine. eficaeficace
Asked 5 years ago
InmaNative Spanish expert teacher in Kwiziq

Hola Tonya

In the lesson we explain that "most" adjectives that end in -l or -z have the same form for masculine and feminine. We also give two exceptions for you to consider as they are two common adjectives (español and andaluz). 

We wouldn't include in the tests any other exception apart from those. That would be unfair. 

Hope this helps.

Inma

Kathleen F.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

There is a test question with Fugaz and the correct feminine version is give as fuga, so there other exceptions with z. and l adjectives that are in the tests.

Kathleen F.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

never mind.  my comment was incorrect

Kathleen F.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

There is a test question with Fugaz and the correct feminine version is give as fuga, so there other exceptions with z. and l adjectives that are in the tests.

Kathleen F.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

There is a test question with Fugaz and the correct feminine version is give as fuga, so there other exceptions with z. and l adjectives that are in the tests.

Tonya G. asked:

Feminine vs Masculine

1 IncorrectYouThe answersListenMore1Esta medicina es muy ________.This medicine is very effective.HINT: eficaz = masculine for adjective "effective"eficazeficaza How do I know when to make the word feminine or masculine because the rule does not seem to consistently apply to all words ending in -z and -l  when the noun is feminine. eficaeficace

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