Adjective to describe personal characteristics These would use the verb SER (to be) Soy, Eres, Es, Somos, (Sois), Son

Remember: Adjectives that end in “O” have 4 forms. Adjs that end in a consonant or a vowel only have 2 forms. Exceptions : Nationalities & Words that end in “án, ón, ín, or dor” also have 4 forms

Remember: Possessive adjectives agree with the noun not the person. His friends = Sus amigos Their friend = Su amigo

Remember: Demonstrative adjectives: This and These have “t”s (este, esta, estos, estas) That and Those don’t (ese, esa, esos, esas) And if it’s far away, use the word that begins with “a” (aquel, aquella, aquellos, aquellas)

tall alto, alta, altos, altas

friendly amigable, amigables Ends in a vowel = 2 forms only

artistic artístico, artística, artísticos, artísticas

daring atrevido, atrevida, atrevidos, atrevidas

lazy person holgazán, holgazana, holgazanes, holgazanas ends in “án” = exception and has 4 forms

this (m.) este

short bajo, baja, bajos, bajas

my mi, mis NOTE: Singular/Plural agrees with the noun NOT the person: Mi perro y MIS gatos

pretty bonito, bonita, bonitos, bonitas

sporty, sports-loving deportista, deportistas ends in “ista” = has 2 forms only

this (f.) esta

unorganized desordenado, desordenada, desordenados, desordenadas

studious estudioso, estudiosa, estudiosos, estudiosas

glutton comelón, comelona, comelones, comelonas ends in “ón” = exception has 4 forms

your tu, tus NOTE: Singular/Plural agrees with the noun NOT the person tu carro tus carros

famous famoso, famosa, famosos, famosas

funny, cute gracioso, graciosa, graciosos, graciosas

These (m) estos

handsome, good-looking guapo, guapa, guapos, guapas

beautiful hermoso, hermosa, hermosos, hermosas

his, her, your (formal) su, sus NOTE: Singular/Plural agrees with the noun NOT the person His friend = su amigo His friends = sus amigos

impatient impaciente, impacientes ends with a vowel = 2 forms only

these (f.) estas

inseparable, close inseparable, inseparables ends with a vowel = 2 forms only

German alemán, alemana, alemanes, alemanas ends in “án” = exception has 4 forms

intelligent inteligente, inteligentes

young joven, jóvenes ends in a consonant (and isn’t an exception) has 2 forms only REMEMBER the pronunciation rules

our nuestro, nuestra, nuestros, nuestras

older (person) mayor, mayores ends in a consonant and isn’t an exception has 2 forms only

those (m) esos

negative negativo, negativa, negativos, negativas

optimist optimista, optimistas ends in “ista” has 2 forms only

organized ordenado, ordenada, ordenados, ordenadas

their su, sus NOTE: Singular/Plural agrees with the noun NOT the person Their paper: Su papel Their papers: Sus papeles

those (f.) esas

French francés, francesa, franceses, francesas ends in a consonant but it’s a nationality has 4 forms

patient paciente, pacientes

lazy perezoso, perezosa, perezosos, perezosas

that (m.) ese

pessimist pesimista, pesimistas

positive positivo, positiva, positivos, positivas

shy, timid tímido, tímida, tímidos, tímidas

that (f.) esa

shy, reserved reservado, reservada, reservados, reservadas

serious serio, seria, serios, serias

those far away (f.) aquellas

nice, charming simpático, simpática, simpáticos, simpáticas

sociable sociable, sociables

blabbermouth parlanchín, parlanchina, parlanchines, parlanchinas ends in “ín” = exception has 4 forms

that far away (m.) aquel

talented talentoso, talentosa, talentosos, talentosas

dumb, silly tonto, tonta, tontos, tontas

clumsy torpe, torpes

that far away (f.) aquella

hard-worker trabajador, trabajadora, trabajadores, trabajadoras ends in “dor” = exception has 4 forms

old looking, old things viejo, vieja, viejos, viejas

ugly feo, fea, feos, feas

those far away (m.) aquellos

Describe yourself Yo soy…

Describe a friend Mi amigo es…

Describe a friend and yourself Mi amigo y yo somos…

Ask someone what they are like ¿Cómo eres (tú)?