The third. If you did a side by side comparison of a major scale and a minor scale both starting with the same note you'll notice there are three notes that are different: the third, sixth, and seventh notes. Triads uses the root, third and fifth note. The root and fifth stay the same. The third note moves one half step back from a C# in A Major to a C in A minor chord.
But that is only when you compare major and minor chord starting with the same root note. Knowing what notes to change in a major chord to become a minor chord is theory. It's better to think of where a minor chord is placed in the progression of a chord scale. I think it is more practical to know where minor chords fit in a scale.
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