Adjectives Flashcards
1
Q
The child is good; not bad.
A
El niño es bueno; no es malo.
(most adjectives end in -o and must agree with the noun it modifies)
2
Q
The blouse is not expensive; its cheap.
A
La blusa no es cara; es barata.
3
Q
The streets are narrow; they’re not wide.
A
Las calles son estrechas; no son anchas.
4
Q
She’s preparing a delicious meal.
A
Ella prepara una comida deliciosa.
5
Q
Who are the slim boys?
A
¿Quiénes son los muchachos delgados?
6
Q
They are going to take a short trip.
A
Ellos van a hacer un viaje corto.
7
Q
The markets are modern; not old.
A
Los mercados son modernos; no son antiguos.
8
Q
The flag is white and yellow.
A
La bandera es blanca y amarilla.
9
Q
The gentlemen are tall and fat.
A
Los señores son altos y gordos.
10
Q
The flower is very pretty.
A
La flor es muy bonita.
11
Q
Juanita is a tall girl.
A
Juanita es una muchacha alta.
12
Q
She is not fat, but neither is she thin.
A
No es gorda pero tampoco es delgada.
13
Q
She’s a rather good-looking girl.
A
Es una muchacha bastante guapa.
14
Q
She’s blonde.
A
Es rubia.
15
Q
She is a good student.
A
Ella es una alumna buena.
16
Q
She is quite studious.
A
Es bastante estudiosa.
17
Q
And she is also very fond of sports.
A
Y es también muy aficionada a los deportes.
18
Q
She is very athletic.
A
Es muy atlética.
19
Q
The fields are green.
A
Los campos son verdes.
(adjectives ending in -e have only two forms, singular and plural)
20
Q
The university is large.
A
La universidad es grande.
21
Q
The houses are impressive.
A
Las casas son impresionantes.
22
Q
The gentlemen are poor.
A
Los señores son pobres.
23
Q
The boys are very intelligent.
A
Los chicos son muy inteligentes.
24
Q
The village is humble.
A
El pueblo es humilde.
25
She lives in an elegant house.
Ella vive en una casa **elegante**.
26
The rooms of the house are huge.
Los cuartos de la casa son **enormes**.
27
It has an impressive living room.
Tiene una sala **impresionante**.
28
Behind the house there is a large courtyard with many green plants and trees.
Detrás de la casa hay un patio **grande** con muchas plantas y árboles **verdes**.
29
A strong dog serves as guard for the house.
Un perro **fuerte** sirve de guardián para la casa.
30
This large and elegant house is not located in the humble neighborhood of the city.
Esta casa **grande** y **elegante** no se encuentra en ningún barrio **humilde** de la ciudad.
31
But not all of the city is like this.
Pero no toda la ciudad es así.
32
In the suburbs there are many humble neighborhoods where poor families live.
En las afueras hay muchos barrios **humildes** donde viven las familias **pobres**.
33
The houses from these poor neighbourhoods or surrounding areas are of wood with zinc or tin roofs.
Las casas de estos barrios o vecindades **pobres** son de madera con techos de zinc o de hojalata.
34
They are quite depressing.
Son bastante **deprimentes**.
35
Teresa is a young girl.
Teresa es una muchacha **joven**.
(most adjectives ending in a constant have only two forms, singular and plural)
36
She is a happy person.
Ella es una persona **feliz**.
37
She has blue eyes.
Ella tiene ojos **azules**.
(to form the plural of an adjective ending in a consonant, **-es** is added)
38
She has many friends.
Ella tiene muchos amigos.
39
She is very popular.
Ella es muy **popular**.
40
Her siblings are popular as well.
Sus hermanos son **populares** también.
41
Teresa and her brothers live on a tropical island.
Teresa y sus hermanos viven en una isla **tropical**.
42
A strong sun shines every day in the blue sky.
Un sol **fuerte** brilla todos los días en el cielo **azul**.
43
Grey clouds are almost never seen in the sky and it hardly ever rains.
Casi nunca se ven nubes **grises** en el cielo y no llueve casi nunca.
44
Enrique is Italian.
Enrique es **italiano**.
(many adjectives of nationality end in **-o** and have four forms)
45
Maria is American.
María es **americana**.
46
The boys are Panamanians.
Los chicos son **panameños**.
47
My friend is Cuban.
| (about a woman)
Mi amiga es **cubana**.
48
The cheeses are Swiss.
Los quesos son **suizos**.
49
The statues are Greek.
Las estatuas son **griegas**.
50
Carlos is German.
Carlos es **alemán**.
(nationalities ending in a consonant have four forms)
51
The bags are French.
Las bolsas son **francesas**.
52
The gentlemen are English.
Los señores son **ingleses**.
53
My mother is Irish.
Mi madre es **irlandesa**.
54
Carmen is Catalan.
Carmen es **catalana**.
55
The wines are Portuguese.
Los vinos son **portugueses**.
56
He is a lovely guy.
Él es un tipo **encantador**.
57
He is very nice and has a fantastic personality.
Es muy simpático y tiene una personalidad fantástica.
58
But unfortunately his children are quite lazy.
Pero desgraciadamente sus hijos son bastante **holgazanes**.
59
They do not like to work.
No les gusta trabajar.
60
It's a shame because the mother of the youngsters is very hardworking.
Es una lástima porque la madre de los jóvenes es muy **trabajadora**.
61
She works some ten hours a day.
Ella trabaja unas diez horas al día.
62
The senior mother is the director of the best high school in the city.
La madre **superiora** es la directora de la **mejor** escuela **superior** de la ciudad.
63
The novel of this great novelist has more than a thousand pages.
La novela de este **gran** novelista tiene más de mil páginas.
(**grande** has a shortened form in the masculine and feminine singular and in this form conveys *famous* or *great*)
64
The first chapter of the book has more than a hundred pages.
El **primer** capítulo del libro tiene más de **cien** páginas.
(some adjectives have a shortened form in the masculine singular; **ciento** is shortened before masculine and feminine nouns)
65
It is the third novel he has written.
Es la **tercera** novela que él ha escrito.
66
The main character is a bad guy who has no talent.
El protagonista es un **mal** tipo que no tiene **ningún** talento.
67
He wants to buy beige trousers.
Él quiere comprar pantalones **beige**.
(words used to describe colours are invariable and do not change according to number and gender)
68
Beige pants play (match) very well with a brown shirt.
Los pantalones **beige** juegan muy bien con una camisa **marrón**.
69
Ramon has decided that he does not want black shoes.
Ramón ha decidido que no quiere zapatos **negros**.
(the meaning of certain words is the colour itself and they must agree with the noun they modify)
70
He's going to buy himself a pair of brown shoes.
Va a comprarse un par de zapatos **marrón** (o **marrónes**).
(**marrón** can be either invariable or act as a proper adjective)
71
The truth is that beige matches very well with a light blue shirt and a wine tie.
La verdad es que el beige juega muy bien con una camisa **azul claro** y una corbata **vino**.
(whenever a colour is modified by another word, it becomes invariable)
72
Maria loves bright pink blouses.
A María le encantan las blusas **rosa vivo**.
73
And her sister likes light blue blouses best.
Y a su hermana le gustan más las blusas **azul claro**.
74
She says that light blue blouses match very well with a navy blue skirt.
Ella dice que las blusas **azul claro** juegan muy bien con una falda **azul marino**.
75
Teresa is taller than her sister.
Teresa es **más** alta **que** su hermana.
(**más** (**menos**) ... **que** is used to form the comparative of adjectives)
76
Carlos has more money than Paco.
Carlos tiene **más** dinero **que** Paco.
77
This home is larger than the other.
Esta casa es **más** grande **que** la otra.
78
Rhode Island is smaller than Texas.
Rhode Island es **más** pequeño **que** Texas.
79
Isabel is richer than her cousin.
Isabel es **más** rica **que** su prima.
80
They have more than two thousand dollars in the bank.
Ellos tienen **más de** dos mil dólares en el banco.
(when the comparative is followed by a number, **más de** is used)
81
I can't spend more than ten dollars for the present.
No puedo gastar **más que** diez dólares por el regalo.
(when the sentence is in the negative, **más que** and not **más de** is used with numbers)
82
She wrote more than fifty books.
Ella escribió **más de** cincuenta libros.
83
This novel has more than a thousand pages.
Esta novela tiene **más de** mil páginas.
84
I don't need more than one hundred pesos.
No necesito **más que** cien pesos.
85
Santiago is the largest city in Chile.
Santiago es **la** ciudad **más** grande **de** Chile.
(the superlative *most, -est* is formed using the definite article, **más** and is followed by **de**)
86
Carmen is the most intelligent girl of all.
Carmen es **la** chica **más** inteligente **de** todas.
87
They are the tallest boys in the class.
Ellos son **los** chicos **más** altos **de** la clase.
88
Mr. González is the most important man of the company.
El señor González es **el** hombre **más** importante **de** la compañía.
89
Sugar is the most important product of the country.
El azúcar es **el** producto **más** importante **del** país.
90
These villages are the oldest in the nation.
Estos pueblos son **los más** antiguos **de** la nación.
91
This hotel is the most elegant in the city.
Este hotel es **el más** elegante **de** la ciudad.
92
This lady is the nicest of all.
Esta señora es **la más** simpática **de** todas.
93
This book is good.
Este libro es bueno.
94
It is better than the other, but is not the best of all.
Es **mejor que** el otro pero no es **el mejor de** todos.
(some adjectives such as **bueno** are irregular; in the comparative they are used without the article, while the superlative is used with the article)
95
This novel is bad.
Esta novela es mala.
96
It is even worse than the other but is not the worst of all.
Es aún **peor que** la otra pero no es **la peor de** todas.
(**malo** is an irregular adjective)
97
Madam Carmen is old.
Doña Carmen es vieja.
98
She is older than her cousin, but she is not the oldest in the family.
Es **mayor que** su prima pero no es **la mayor de** la familia.
(**grande** is an irregular adjective; **mayor** expresses the meaning of age and not size)
99
Carlitos is young.
Carlitos es joven.
100
He is younger than his brother, but he isn't the youngest in the family.
Es **menor que** su hermano pero no es **el menor de** la familia.
(**pequeño** is an irregular adjective; **menor** expresses the meaning of age rather than size)
101
It's a very difficult job.
Es un trabajo **dificilísimo**.
(**-ísimo** can be added to adjectives to give the meaning *most* or *very*).
102
That gentleman is most generous.
Aquel señor es **generosísimo**.
103
The song is very popular.
La canción es **popularísima**.
104
Those dogs are very ugly.
Aquellos perros son **feísimos**.
105
That lady is very rich.
Aquella señora es **riquísima**.
106
These napkins are as clean as the others.
Estas servilletas están **tan** limpias **como** las otras.
(**tan**... **como** are used to mean *as ... as*)
107
Carlos is as rich as his brother.
Carlos es **tan** rico **como** su hermano.
108
The mountains of Italy are as high as those of Spain.
Las montañas de Italia son **tan** altas **como** las de España.
109
This beach is as beautiful as the other.
Esta playa es **tan** bonita **como** la otra.
110
Mr Gomez is as intelligent as Mr López.
El señor Gómez es **tan** inteligente **como** el señor López.
111
These books are as interesting as the others.
Estos libros son **tan** interesantes **como** los otros.
112
She has as much money as her cousin.
Ella tiene **tanto** dinero **como** su prima.
(**tanto**... **como** are used with nouns to mean *as many / as much ... as*)
113
He eats as many vegetables as meat.
Él come **tantos** vegetales **como** carne.
(**tanto** agrees with the noun it modifies)
114
He prepares as many meals as his sister.
Él prepara **tantas** comidas **como** su hermana.
115
I read as many books as him.
Yo leo **tantos** libros **como** él.
116
He receives as many letters as me.
Él recibe **tantas** cartas **como** yo.
117
These mines produce as much coal as the others.
Estas minas producen **tanto** carbón **como** las otras.
118
7
7
siete
119
14
14
catorce
120
19
19
diecinueve
(numbers *16* through *29* are written as one word)
121
25
25
veinticinco
122
33
33
treinta y tres
(numbers from *31* to *99* are written as two words)
123
47
47
cuarenta y siete
124
52
52
| (cincuenta y dos)
125
61
61
sesenta y uno
126
79
79
setenta y nueve
127
84
84
ochenta y cuatro
128
99
99
noventa y nueve
129
109
109
ciento nueve
(**ciento** must be used when followed by another number)
130
126
126
ciento veintiseis
131
529
529
quinientos veintinueve
132
634
634
seiscientos treinta y cuatro
133
711
711
setecientos once
134
959
959
novecientos cincuenta y nueve
135
2000
2000
dos mil
136
1898
1898
mil ochocientos noventa y ocho
137
1942
1942
mil novecientos cuarenta y dos
138
1,000,000
1,000,000
un millón
(**millón** is always preceded by **un**)
139
2,000,000
2,000,000
dos millones
(**millón** is pluralized)
140
I want to read your book.
| (to a friend)
Quiero leer **tu** libro.
(the possessive adjective **tu** *(your)* has only two forms, singular and plural)
141
They want to see your presents.
| (to a friend)
Ellos quieren ver **tus** regalos.
142
Maria has your magazine.
| (to a friend)
María tiene **tu** revista.
143
Carlos is looking for your luggage.
| (to a friend)
Carlos busca **tus** maletas.
144
My mother has my wallet.
Mi madre tiene **mi** cartera.
(the possessive adjective **mi** *(my)* has only two forms, singular and plural)
145
Carlos wants to buy my car.
Carlos quiere comprar **mi** coche.
146
Where are my books?
¿Dónde están **mis** libros?
147
My suitcases are on the plane.
**Mis** maletas están en el avión.
148
Maria is going with her father.
María va con **su** padre.
(the possessive adjective **su** *(your, his, her, their)* has only two forms, singular and plural)
149
Carlos is speaking with his mother.
Carlos habla con **su** madre.
150
Elena wants to sell her records.
Elena quiere vender **sus** discos.
151
They have their camera.
Ellos tienen **su** cámera.
152
The Gomez's don't know where their friends are.
Los Gómez no saben dónde están **sus** amigos.
153
Do you have your passport, Mr. Gonzalez?
¿Tiene Ud. **su** pasaporte, señor González?
154
This book is interesting.
**Este** libro es interesante.
| (**este** means *this*)
155
These houses are very modern.
**Estas** casas son muy modernas.
156
This library is the best in the city.
**Esta** biblioteca es la mejor de la ciudad.
157
These pictures are by Dali.
**Estos** cuadros son de Dalí.
158
Those pictures over there are by Velázquez.
**Aquellos** cuadros son de Velázquez.
(**aquel** means *that* when the object is far from both the speaker and the person spoken to)
159
That statue over there is from the eighteenth century.
**Aquella** estatua es del siglo dieciocho.
160
That car over there is my cousin's.
**Aquel** coche es de mi primo.
161
Those girls are the daughters of Mr Gomez.
**Aquellas** niñas son las hijas del señor Gómez.
162
Whose magazine is it that you have?
¿De quién es **esa** revista que tiene Ud.?
(**ese** means *that* when the object is near the person spoken to, but not the speaker)
163
Those photographs that you looking at are of John.
**Esas** fotografías que mira Ud. son de Juan.
164
That book that you are reading is fantastic.
**Ese** libro que lee Ud. es fantástico.
165
Where are those dishes from that you have?
¿De dónde son **esos** platos que tiene Ud.?
166
What a novel!
¡**Qué** novela!
(the exclamation *what a ... !* is expressed by **¡Qué!**)
167
What a fabulous view!
¡**Qué** vista **más** fabulosa!
(when the noun is modified the word **más** or **tan** also used)
168
What a fantastic idea!
¡**Qué** idea **más** fantastica!
169
What a big car!
¡**Qué** coche **más** grande!
170
Such a trip!
¡**Tal** viaje!
(the exclamation *such a ... !* is expressed by **tal**)
