Hebrew Adjectives

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1. Hebrew adjectives come after the noun.
Example: A boring person - �?ד�? משעמ�? (adam mesha'amem)
Note - the adjective can come before the noun, however it is extremely rare. Using this word order would make the sentence very poetic and old fashioned.

2. Adjectives must agree in gender and number with the noun that they modify. For example, a shirt is feminine. So we will say:
A new shirt - חולצה חדשה (chultza chadasha)
Pants, on the other hand, are masculine plural. So we will say:
New pants - מכנסיי�? חדשי�? (michnasa'im chadashim)

3. Let's take the words "new book".
If both the noun and the adjective use the definite article ה (ha) then the meaning will be "The new book" - הספר החדש (hasefer hachadash).
If the definite article is not added to the adjective it changes the meaning to "The book is new" - הספר חדש (hasefer chadash).
And if neither the noun nor the adjective receive the definite article, the sentence will then mean "new book" - ספר חדש (sefer chadash).

4. Suffixes are added to the masculine form of the adjective in order to turn it into the feminine or plural forms. There are some cases where the masculine ending, or the vowel, is changed. The common suffixes are:
Singular feminine - ת (et), or ה (ah)
Plural feminine - ות (ot)
Masculine plural - י�? (im)

Examples:
Ugly, m sing - מכוער (mecho'ar)
f sing - מכוערת (mecho'eret)
m pl - מכוערי�? (mecho'arim)
f pl - מכוערות (mecho'arot)

Smart, m sing - חכ�? (chacham)
f sing - חכמה (chachama)
m pl - חכמי�? (chachamim)
f pl - חכמות (chachamot)

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