1. CRAZY ADJECTIVE PLACEMENT

2. Adjectives are crazy in Spanish.
Where do you put them?
In front of the noun?
Behind the noun?
Both?

3. All of the previous answers are right!
The answer?
All of the previous answers are right!

4. Usually the adjectives in Spanish go after the nouns.
EX. The white house = la casa blanca
The big girls = las chicas grandes
The funny boys = los chicos cómicos

5. This rule covers adjectives that show quality.
What kind of house? Casa blanca
What kind of girls? Chicas grandes
What kind of boys? Chicos cómicos

6. However, there are adjectives that go in front of the nouns.
These adjectives show quantity or which one.
How many? una casa one house
dos chicas two girls
muchos chicos many boys
algunos libros some books
ningún amigo not one friend
Which one? el perro the dog
mi hermano my brother
este libro this book
ese papel that paper
aquella persona that person over there

7. Sometimes we put adjectives in front to show emphasis.
Not a man who did bad things,
un hombre malo
but a BAD man,
un mal hombre

8. Sometimes we put adjectives in front to show emphasis.
Not a man who did good things,
un hombre bueno
but a GOOD man,
un buen hombre

9. The position of the adjective makes a change in meaning.
A poor man – un hombre pobre
rather than………..

10. ¡Pobre hombre! Poor man!

11. Or instead of Es un panadero bueno.

12. Notice! We SHORTEN THE MASCULINE FORM OF THE ADJECTIVE!
A GOOD baker!!!
¡¡¡Un BUEN panadero!!!

13. Notice! We SHORTENED THE MASCULINE FORM OF THE ADJECTIVE!
We dropped the O

14. We call them shortened adjectives because we DROP THE O of the masculine singular adjectives when we put them in front of the noun to give emphasis Un BUEN hombre bajo

15. We stressed that he is good more than than the fact that he is short, so we put the adjective in front. Then drop the o.

16. The first day the third month El primer día el tercer mes BUT
Two other words are always shortened IF they are adjectives, but they keep the o if they stand alone…
1st rd
The first day the third month
El primer día el tercer mes
BUT
He’s the first He’s the third.
Es el primero Es el tercero.

17. But we don’t drop anything if we use first and third before any other nouns.
The first girl in the third class
La primera chica en la tercera clase

18. Now good night is still Buenas noches
Now good night is still Buenas noches. We don’t shorten any adjectives except masculine singular…… and only before a noun..

19. Just drop the o before masculine singular nouns. The rest are normal.
¡Buenos días!

20. Other adjectives that can go before the noun are these:
The best girl la mejor chica
The best boy el mejor chico
The worst food la peor comida
The worst book el peor libro

21. alguna razón some reason algunos amigos some friends
Other adjectives that can go before the noun are these, BUT when we shorten the masculine singular adjective here, we have to add an accent to conserve the pronunciation:
algún día some day
alguna razón some reason
algunos amigos some friends
algunas gatas some cats

22. ninguna razón not any reason ningunos amigos not any friends
Other adjectives that can go before the noun are these. When we shorten the masculine singular adjective here, remember to add an accent to conserve the pronunciation:
ningún día not one day
ninguna razón not any reason
ningunos amigos not any friends
ningunas gatas not any cats

23. Ninguno me compara. No one compares to me.
If those adjectives become pronouns, meaning they stand alone, they keep the o.
Ninguno me compara.
No one compares to me.

24. Remember, the position of an adjective changes meaning, but the word GREAT stays shortened for both masculine and feminine…GO FIGURE!!!! ALWAYS exceptions!!!
The big woman la señora grande
The big man el señor grande
BUT
The great woman la gran señora
The great man el gran señor

25. So let’s sum it all up. Adjectives can go before or after a noun.
Most adjectives that tell what kind go after the noun. (quality)
Adjectives that tell how many or which one go before a noun. (quantity or position)
To stress an adjective, we can put it in front.
If we put an adjective in front, we drop the o off any masculine, singular adjective.
We have to add an accent to algún and ningún to conserve the pronunciation.

26. Still summing up…
The main masculine singular adjectives that we shorten or drop the o are the following:
Good un buen pastel a good cake
Bad un mal dolor a bad pain
Some algún día some day
None ningún problem not one problem
First primer amor first love
Third tercer coche third car

27. And the clincher…
Gran means great. Use it before the singular noun, either masculine or feminine.
Grande means big. Use it after the noun, either masculine or feminine.

28. PreAP Kids—Take notice! Why do you think we CAN say….
La blanca nieve
La feroz tigre
La verde césped

29. Did I hear you say….. Because all snow is white.
All tigers are ferocious.
All grass is green.

30. So it is a natural emphasis; thus, it can be placed in front, too.

31. I knew you would get it!!!

32. THAT is the lesson for today.
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