Vocabulario Unidad 1 Lección
2Pg.75
Personalidad
Artístico(a)Artistic
Atlético(a)Athletic
Bueno(a)good
Malo(a)bad
Cómico(a)funny
Serio(a)serious
Desorganizado(a)disorganized
Estudioso(a)studious
Inteligenteintelligent
Tonto(a)Dumb, silly
Perezoso(a)lazy
Trabajador(a)hardworking
Divertido(a)fun
Interesanteinteresting
Aburrido(a)boring
Simpático(a)Nice, outgoing
Apariencia
Alto(a)tall
short
Bajo(a)
Pequeño(a)big
Grandesmall
Delgado(a)fat
Gordo(a)thin
Guapo(a)Good-looking
Bello(a)beautiful
Bonito(a)Pretty, cute
Feo(a)ugly
Jovenyoung old
Viejo(a)
Pelirrojo(a)Red-haired
Rubio(a)Blonde
Castaño(a)Brown-haired
Moreno(a)Brown-haired & dark skinned
Number and Gender • Adjectives are words which describe
nouns or pronouns.• In Spanish, all adjectives must agree
in number and gender with the nouns they describe.
• Gender : nouns are either masculine or feminine
• Number: nouns are either singular or plural.
So what is a “masculine” noun anyway?
• Masculine nouns usually end with the letters L-O-N-E-R-S.
• Feminine nouns usually end in the lettersD-ion-Z-A.
• To make nouns or adjectives plural add “s” to words ending with vowels, add “es” to words ending with consonants.Ex. El chico ---- Los chicos
el papel ---- Los papeles
Examples of maculine and feminine nouns :
Masculine FeminineL – el papel D – la ciudadO – el amigo ión – la televisiónN – el jardín Z – la actrizE – el cine A – la amigaR – el borradorS – el sacapuntos
How to use adjectives• Unlike English, in Spanish,
adjectives usually follow the nouns they describe.Ex. Un chico trabajador
Unos chicos trabajadoresUna chica trabajadoraUnas chicas trabajadoras
The noun first, the adjective second
Nouns have gender and numberin Spanish and so the adjective must reflect the same gender and number as its noun.
El chico simpáticoor
La chica simpática
Regular adjectives--those that end in o--change to the feminine by dropping the -o and adding -a; they thenchange to the plural by adding -s to either form:
alto
Masculine: Feminine:
Singular: alta
Plural: alto altas s
Los chicossimpáticosor
Las chicassimpáticas
Most irregular adjectives--those that end in a letter other than o--only change the ending to indicate plurals. If the adjective ends in a consonant, theplural form adds -es.
Masculine: Feminine:
Singular
Plural
fácil fácil
fácil fáciles es
Exceptions:• When a noun or adjective ends in “Z” the z is
changed to a “c” before making it plural• The following are common exceptions to
gender rules:– El agua– La mano– El problema (and other words ending with “ma”)– La flor– La sal
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