Spanish II Adjective Review Notes

Realidades 2 – Para empezar (in order to begin)
Los adjetivos de la página 3

Noun/Adjective Agreement = Alto/a (altos, altas)…
When do we use which form? We match the form to the noun’s…
• GENDER (masculine/feminine) = Género
• NUMBER (singular / plural) = Número

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

Sing. Pl
Alto Altos
Alta Altas

Vocabulary - adjectives we should know: Those in parenthesis may not have been learned yet:

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 - Using descriptive adjectives with nouns:
Usually we IDENTIFY the NOUN first in Spanish and
THEN add the descriptors (adjectives).

Mi amigo es trabajador y sociable.

Un viejo amigo = A friend of long-standing (my old friend)
Un amigo viejo = A friend who happens to be up in years.
Un amigo "ya grande" - a commonly used phrase in Mexico to avoid calling someone "old".