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Reminders on agreement.......Overall rule: Adjectives must agree with their nouns.

1. Articles, both definite and indefinite, must agree with nouns:

indefinite	definite,singular	definite, plural
un vaso a glass	el vaso the glass	los vasos the glasses
una taza a cup	la taza the cup	las tazas the cups

2. Quantifying (those that say how many) adjectives precede nouns.

un vaso a glass	siete vasos seven glasses	muchos vasos many (a lot of) glasses
una taza a cup	cuatro tazas four cups	pocas tazas........few cups

3. Descriptive adjectives generally follow nouns.

un vaso rojo a red glass	el vaso amarillo the yellow glass	los vasos blancos the white glasses
una taza roja a red cup	la taza amarilla the yellow cup	las tazas blancas the white cups

Note the adjectives below:

un vaso azul
a blue glass
la taza azul
the blue cup
las tazas azules
the blue cups

una taza verde
a green cup
el vaso verde
the green glass
los vasos verdes
the green glasses

una taza gris
a gray cup
el vaso gris
the gray glass
las tazas grises
the gray cups

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un vaso azul a blue glass	la taza azul the blue cup	las tazas azules the blue cups
una taza verde a green cup	el vaso verde the green glass	los vasos verdes the green glasses
una taza gris a gray cup	el vaso gris the gray glass	las tazas grises the gray cups