Adjectives Repaso de nivel uno
¿Cómo eres? =What are you like? ¿Cómo es…? =What is he/she like? Soy… = I am ….. Él es/Ella es… = He/She is…
alto/a = tall bajo/a = short moreno/a = brunette, dark-haired rubio/a = blonde pelirrojo/a = red-head
inteligente = intelligent serio/a = serious cómico/a = funny amable = friendly interesante = interesting
bonito/a = pretty guapo/a = good-looking, handsome generoso/a = generous trabajador/ra = hard-working
honesto/a = honest simpático/a = nice antipático/a = disagreeable joven = young viejo/a = old gordo/a = fat delgado/a = thin
fuerte = strong divertido/a = fun, amusing aburrido/a = boring cariñoso/a = caring perezoso/a = lazy
atlético/a = athletic difícil = difficult, hard estudioso/a = studious fácil = easy, simple feo/a = ugly grande = large (in size) independiente = independent pequeño/a = small (in size)
Noun/Adjective agreement Adjectives must agree in gender and number with the nouns they modify Feminine nouns require a feminine adjective Masculine nouns require masculine adjectives Plural nouns require plural adjectives
Masculine Feminine Singular -o -a plural -os -as adjectives that end in –e or a consonant do not change for gender.
To make nouns or adjectives plural: if the noun/adjective ends in a vowel, add –s chico – chicos chica - chicas if the noun/adjective ends in a consonant, add –es animal - animales if the noun/adjective ends in a –z, change the –z to –c and add –es. luz – luces vez - veces
alto = tall Paco es alto. = Paco is tall. Marta es alta. = Marta is tall. Paco y Marta son altos. = Paco and Marta are tall. Marta y Elena son altas. = Marta and Elena are tall.
El verbo ser (to be) yo soy = I am tú eres = you are (are you?) él es = he is ella es = she is usted es = you are (are you?) nosotros somos = we are nosotras somos = we are ellos son = they are ellas son = they are ustedes son = all of you are
Write the correct form SER and the adjective to describe the noun. Julio (perezoso)
Write the correct form SER and the adjective to describe the noun. Julio (perezoso) Julio es perezoso.
Sara (honesto)
Sara (honesto) Sara es honesta.
El Sr. Stephens ( inteligente) El Sr. Stephens es inteligente.
Los estudiantes (trabajador) Los estudiantes son trabajadores.
Mis padres (amable)
Mis padres (amable) Mis padres son amables.
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