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Old July 29, 2014, 10:15 AM
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'malo/mala' calidad

¡hola todo!

why do you say malo or mala calidad? shouldn't the adjective agree with the noun it describes, in this case calidad which is feminine?

For example :
(este borso es de malo calidad)

Shouldn´t we say : ( este bolso es de MALA calidad ) , Since mala is an adjective to calidad not to bolso ?

¡muchas gracias!

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Old July 29, 2014, 10:31 AM
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The adjective must agree with the gender and number of the noun indeed.

For your example:

· Este bolso es de mala calidad.
· Este bolso es malo.


Final note: Your greeting should be "Hola a todos"; right now, you're addressing a collectivity of people, otherwise, that would be the infinite whole universe.
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La calidad es la mala.

El caso es malo.

Do you understand that?
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Old July 29, 2014, 12:40 PM
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AngelicaDeAlquezar:

So . the correct form is is " El bolso es de mala calidad " indeed ! ,So , my teacher was wrong and i was right which is a good new , Thank you for clearing that up and for correcting my greeting

Chileno :

Yes , I do.

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Wonderful! We all make mistakes, but it's good to spot them.
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