words that describe people and things are called adjectives (adjetivos). adjectives
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Words that describe people and things arecalled adjectives (adjetivos).
Adjectives
• In Spanish, most adjectives have bothmasculine and feminine forms. Themasculine form usually ends in theletter -o and the feminine form usuallyends in the letter -a.
Adjectives
• Masculine adjectives are used to describemasculine nouns.
Marcos es ordenado Marcos is organized y simpático. and nice.
Adjectives
• Feminine adjectives are used to describefeminine nouns.
Marta es ordenada Marta is organized y simpática. and nice.
Adjectives
• Adjectives that end in -e describe bothmasculine and feminine nouns.
Anita es inteligente. Anita is smart.Pedro es inteligente Pedro is also smart. también.
Adjectives
• Adjectives whose masculine form ends in-dor have a feminine form that ends in -dora.
Juan es trabajador. Juan is hardworking.Luz es trabajadora. Luz is hardworking.
Adjectives
• Some adjectives that end in -a, such asdeportista, describe both masculine andfeminine nouns. You will need to learnwhich adjectives follow this pattern.
Tomás es deportista. Tomás is sports-minded.
Marta es deportista también. Marta is also sports-minded.
Adjectives
Adjectives
Masculine Feminine
ordenado ordenada
trabajador trabajadora
paciente paciente
deportista deportista
Definite and indefinite articles
El and la are called definite articles and are theequivalent of “the” in English. El is used withmasculine nouns; la is used with feminine nouns.You’ve already seen words with definite articles:
el libro the book la carpeta the folder
Definite and indefinite articles
Un and una are called indefinite articles and are theequivalent of “a” and “an” in English. Un is used withmasculine nouns; una is used with feminine nouns:
un libro a book una carpeta a folder
Definite and indefinite articles
Definite and indefinite articles
el the
la the
un a, an
una a, an
The vowels o and u
In Spanish, the pronunciation of the letter ois similar to the vowel sound in the Englishword “boat” but is always cut very short.Say these words, concentrating on making ashort o sound.
bolígrafo gracioso cómoteléfono tampoco otoño
The vowels o and u
In Spanish, the pronunciation of the letter uis similar to the vowel sound in the Englishword “zoo.” Say these words.
mucho lunes ustedoctubre estudioso según
The vowels o and u
¡Ojo! Careful! Sometimes the words wemispronounce most are the ones thatremind us of English words.
Try it out! Pronounce these words,concentrating on the Spanish vowel sounds:
agosto regular tropical músicagusto universidad Uruguay Cuba
The vowels o and u
El mundo
Word order: Placement of adjectives
In Spanish, adjectives usually come after the nounthey describe. Notice how artística follows chica inthe Spanish sentence.
Margarita es una chica artística. Margarita is an artistic girl.
Word order: Placement of adjectives
Did you notice that in the English sentence the adjectivecomes before the noun?
Here’s a simple pattern you can follow when writing asentence in Spanish.
Word order: Placement of adjectives
Word order: Placement of adjectives
SubjectMargarita
PabloLa Sra. Ortiz
Verbeseses
Indefinite article + noun
una chicaun estudianteuna profesora
Adjectivemuy artistica.inteligente.muy buena.