My grammar book and dictionary are confusing me. My grammar book says:
Some adjectives and other parts of speech when used adjectivally never change in the feminine or plural.
The commonest of these are:
- nouns denoting colour
- compound adjectives
- nous used as adjectives
"Nouns denoting colour" is what's confusing me. The example that my grammar book gives is "los vestidos naranja". Vestidos is masculine plural but naranja doesn't change.
Tha's clear, I thought. Easy to remember.
But then I looked in my dictionary. There's some grammar in the back of my dictionary and at the part about adjectives the examples are:
- un libro amarillo
- libros amarillos
- una casa amarilla
- casas amarillas
So colours do change to feminine and plural according to my dictionary.
So I'm confused. Which one is right, my grammar book or my dictionary? Can someone explain?
Some adjectives and other parts of speech when used adjectivally never change in the feminine or plural.
The commonest of these are:
- nouns denoting colour
- compound adjectives
- nous used as adjectives
"Nouns denoting colour" is what's confusing me. The example that my grammar book gives is "los vestidos naranja". Vestidos is masculine plural but naranja doesn't change.
Tha's clear, I thought. Easy to remember.
But then I looked in my dictionary. There's some grammar in the back of my dictionary and at the part about adjectives the examples are:
- un libro amarillo
- libros amarillos
- una casa amarilla
- casas amarillas
So colours do change to feminine and plural according to my dictionary.
So I'm confused. Which one is right, my grammar book or my dictionary? Can someone explain?