Agreement Link
Which elements must match each other?
Significato
A coding rule where words change form to match another word's person, number, gender, case, definiteness, or class.
Come riconoscerlo
Look for forms that change because another word changed.
Esempi
he goes|la casa roja|these books
subject-verb agreement|adjective agreement
The dogs are hungry.
Visual guide
controller -> follower ---------------------- The dogs -> are number: plural matches plural If noun changes: dog -> is dogs -> are
Agreement patterns subject <-> verb: he goes noun <-> adjective: la casa roja det <-> noun: these books Features may match: person, number, gender, case
Panoramica per lingua
Nella tua lingua madre
Agreement links articles, nouns, adjectives, participles, pronouns, and verbs.
Le case sono belle.
The houses are beautiful.
Nella tua lingua di studio
In inglese l'accordo è limitato ma importante: -s alla terza persona singolare, forme di be, this/these e pronomi.
She walks to work.
walks concorda con she: alla terza persona singolare del presente si aggiunge -s
Chi studia spesso omette la -s della terza persona o confonde this/these e there is/there are.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.