Anonymous:If I want to put an adjective after nada or algo, does gender play a role? Like would I say nada divertida or divertido?
It can, but usually it doesn’t.
Especially for algoit’s always neutral; meaning masculine ending but not“technically” masculine.
So normally you would get…
¿Es algo divertido? = Is it something fun?
No, no es nada divertido. = No, it’s nothing fun.
However, there are some minor exceptions.
First, algocan be an adverb meaning“somewhat”. In this case, the next adjective that follows adheres to the noun.
La ducha es algo pequeña. = The shower is a little small. / The shower is somewhat small.
Los zapatos son algo pequeños. = The shoes are a bit small. / The shoes are somewhat small.
In this sense, algodoesn’t change but it functions as a modifying word of the verb; adverb. And adverbs don’t change for gender or plural.
Similarly nadaas an adverb would mean something like“not at all” or “in no way”.
The other minor exception is when you’re talking about la nadaas a noun.
The noun la nadameans“nothingness”; normally nadais just a word on its own that’s exempt from gender, but as a normal noun its gender is feminine.
In these situations you would see something like la nada oscura“the dark nothingness” or la nada vacía“the empty nothingness”.
As far as I know, there’s no such word as el algomeaning“something-ness” but ostensibly it could exist? In which case it would be masculine most likely.
But, again, in general you just assume masculine/neutral: algo divertidoor nada divertido
