La persona antipática no ayuda.

The unfriendly person does not help.

Breakdown of La persona antipática no ayuda.

• no: no
• la persona: the person
• ayudar: to help
• antipático: unfriendly; unpleasant

Questions & Answers about La persona antipática no ayuda.

Why is there la before persona?

In Spanish, singular countable nouns usually need an article or some other determiner.

So la persona can mean:

• the person in a specific context
• sometimes a general type of person, depending on context

You usually would not say just persona antipática no ayuda in normal Spanish. It sounds incomplete.

Here, la is doing the job that the does in English.

Why is antipática after persona instead of before it?

In Spanish, descriptive adjectives usually come after the noun.

So:

• la persona antipática = the unpleasant/unfriendly person

This is the most neutral, normal word order.

You can sometimes put adjectives before the noun in Spanish, but that often changes the tone, emphasis, or style. For a basic descriptive sentence, persona antipática is the standard order.

Why is it antipática and not antipático?

Because persona is a feminine noun.

Adjectives in Spanish usually agree with the noun they describe in:

• gender: masculine/feminine
• number: singular/plural

So:

• la persona antipática
• el hombre antipático
• las personas antipáticas

Even if the person is male, the noun persona is still grammatically feminine, so the adjective must also be feminine.