A1 · Beginner Chapter 13

Describing Things: Basic Adjectives

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Chapter in 30 Seconds

Master the art of adding color and personality to your Gujarati sentences.

  • Identify the gender of nouns to choose the correct adjective ending.
  • Modify adjectives to match singular and plural nouns.
  • Describe everyday objects using basic color and quality terms.
Bring your Gujarati descriptions to life.

What You'll Learn

Using adjectives to describe color, size, and quality. Learn how adjectives must agree with the gender of the noun.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:

  1. 1
    By the end you will be able to: Correctly match the adjective ending (-o, -i, -u) with the noun's gender.
  2. 2
    By the end you will be able to: Use plural adjective forms when describing multiple items.

Tips & Tricks (2)

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Check the Noun

Always look at the noun first. It tells you what the adjective should be.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Adjective Agreement: Gender
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Check the Noun

Always identify the noun's gender before choosing your adjective.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Adjective Agreement: Number

Key Vocabulary (5)

saru good moto big lal red nani small (fem) pustak book

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Review Summary

  • Noun (gender) + Adjective (-o/-i/-u)
  • Plural Noun + Adjective (-a)

Common Mistakes

Pustak is neuter, so it needs the -u ending, not the feminine -i.

Wrong: Moti pustak
Correct: Motu pustak

Plural nouns always take the -a ending regardless of original gender.

Wrong: Moti pustako
Correct: Mota pustako

Chokro is masculine, so it requires the -o ending.

Wrong: Saru chokro
Correct: Saro chokro

Next Steps

You've taken a big step toward descriptive fluency. Keep noticing the adjectives around you!

Label items in your house with post-it notes using the correct adjective form.

Continue to: Plurality: Making More Than One

Quick Practice (8)

Correct the sentence.

Find and fix the mistake:

આ સારો છોકરી છે.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: આ સારી છોકરી છે.
Gender mismatch.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Adjective Agreement: Gender

Fill in the blank.

આ ___ છોકરો છે. (saro/sari)

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: saro
Masculine noun.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Adjective Agreement: Gender

Choose the correct sentence.

Which is correct?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: sari chhokri
Feminine noun needs feminine adjective.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Adjective Agreement: Number

Choose the correct adjective.

આ ___ પેન છે. (navi/navo)

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: navi
Feminine noun.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Adjective Agreement: Gender

Choose the correct adjective.

આ ___ છોકરી છે. (saro/sari)

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: sari
Feminine noun.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Adjective Agreement: Gender

Fix the error.

Find and fix the mistake:

સારો છોકરી (saro chhokri)

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: sari chhokri
Gender mismatch.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Adjective Agreement: Number

Fill in the correct adjective form.

આ ___ (saro) છોકરો છે.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: saro
Masculine singular noun.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Adjective Agreement: Number

Fill in the blank.

આ ___ પુસ્તકો છે. (sara/saro)

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: sara
Plural noun.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Adjective Agreement: Gender

Score: /8

Common Questions (4)

They change to agree with the noun's gender and number.
Check a dictionary or ask a native speaker.
Adjectives that don't end in -o are non-inflectable.
Yes, Gujarati uses -u for neuter nouns.
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