Catalan Adjectives
Learning the Catalan Adjectives is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Catalan language. But first we need to know what the role of Adjectives is in the structure of the grammar in Catalan.
Catalan Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence.
Grammar Tips:
While in English an adjective doesn’t change
when the noun changes, in Catalan an adjective should agree in gender and number with the noun. For
example:
a) Masculine to feminine example:
Aquest és el meu fill petit (this is my little
son) becomes: Aquesta és la meva filla petita (this is my little daughter)
As you can see from the example above, the
adjective comes after the noun and also takes the feminine
form.
b) Singular to plural example:
Aquest és el meu gat blanc (this is my white
cat) becomes: Aquests són els meus gats blancs (these are my white cats).
As you can see from the example above, the
adjective comes after the noun and also takes the
plural form.
Here are some examples:
| English Adjectives | Catalan Adjectives |
| adjectives | adjectius |
| a green tree | un arbre verd |
| a tall building | un edifici alt |
| a very old man | un home molt vell |
| the old red house | la antiga casa vermella |
| a very nice friend | un amic molt agradable |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Adjectives in Catalan has a logical pattern. Locate the Adjectives above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Català.
List of Adjectives in Catalan
Below is a list of the Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes in Catalan placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Catalan vocabulary.
| English Adjectives | Catalan Adjectives |
| colors | colors |
| black | negre |
| blue | blau |
| brown | marró |
| gray | gris |
| green | verd |
| orange | taronja |
| purple | porpra |
| red | vermell |
| white | blanc |
| yellow | groc |
| |
| sizes | mides |
| big | gran |
| deep | profund |
| long | llarg |
| narrow | estret |
| short | curt |
| small | petit |
| tall | alt |
| thick | gruix |
| thin | prim |
| wide | ample |
| |
| shapes | formes |
| circular | circular |
| straight | recte |
| square | quadrat |
| triangular | triangular |
| |
| tastes | els gustos |
| bitter | amarg |
| fresh | fresc |
| salty | salat |
| sour | agre |
| spicy | picant |
| sweet | dolç |
| |
| qualities | qualitats |
| bad | dolent |
| clean | net |
| dark | fosc |
| difficult | difícil |
| dirty | brut |
| dry | sec |
| easy | fàcil |
| empty | buit |
| expensive | car |
| fast | ràpid |
| foreign | estranger |
| full | complet |
| good | bo |
| hard | dur |
| heavy | pesat |
| inexpensive | barat |
| light | lleu |
| local | local |
| new | nou |
| noisy | sorollós |
| old | vell |
| powerful | poderós |
| quiet | tranquil |
| correct | correcte |
| slow | lent |
| soft | suau |
| very | molt |
| weak | feble |
| wet | mullat |
| wrong | equivocat / malament |
| young | jove |
| |
| quantities | quantitats |
| few | pocs |
| little | poc |
| many | molts |
| much | molt |
| part | part |
| some | alguns |
| a few | uns pocs |
| whole | tot |
Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes have a very important role in Catalan, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Català Adjectives, you might want to check the rest of our Catalan lessons here: Learn Catalan. Don't forget to bookmark this page.