Thursday, January 31, 2008

Spanish II - Adjectives= Vocabulary and Use

Realidades 2 – Para empezar (in order to begin)

Los adjetivos de la página 4

Alto/a (altos, altas)…

When do we use which form? We match the form to the noun’s…

  • GENDER (masculine/feminine)
  • NUMBER (singular / plural)

El muchacho es alto, (masculine & singular)
Los jóvenes son altos (masculine & plural)
La chica es alta, (feminine & singular)
Las señoras son altas. (feminine & plural)

Sing. Pl

Alto

Altos

Alta

Altas

Alto/a tall

(Amable) (Kind)

Atrevido/a daring, risk-taker

Bajo/a short

Desordenado/a messy, disorderly, disorganized

Estudioso/a Studious,

(Aplicado/a) (Studious, hard working, applies oneself)

Gracioso/a funny, amusing, clever, witty

(Cómico/a) funny – jokester

Guapo/a good-looking, attractive

Impaciente Impatient

Inteligente (¡ojo! =L) Intelligent

Ordenado Neat, Orderly, organized, tidy

(Perezoso/a) (Lazy)

Reservado/a Shy, quiet, reserved

(Tímido/a) Shy, timid

Sociable Social, outgoing

(Extrovertido/a) (Extroverted, outgoing)

(Trabajador/a) (Hard-working)

Viejo/a Old

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Word Order:

Usually we IDENTIFY the NOUN first in Spanish and THEN add the descriptors (adjectives).

Mi amigo es trabajador y sociable.

An exception to usual word order = changes the meaning

Un viejo amigo An old friend (of long-standing, but may not be old in years)

Un amigo viejo An old friend (A friend who happens to be up in years).