Decide if the noun-adjective agreement is CORRECT or INCORRECT in the following sentence.
Las maestras son inteligente.
Correct
Incorrect
Las — plural form
maestras — plural form
son — plural form
inteligente — also plural? Or is it singular?
correct
The noun-adjective agreement in the sentence "Las maestras son inteligente" is INCORRECT.
To determine if the noun-adjective agreement is correct or incorrect, we need to consider gender and number agreement in Spanish. In this sentence, "maestras" is a plural feminine noun, while "inteligente" is a singular masculine adjective. In Spanish, adjectives should agree in gender and number with the noun they modify.
To make the agreement correct in this sentence, we should use the plural feminine form of the adjective "inteligentes." Therefore, the correct sentence would be: "Las maestras son inteligentes."