Adjectives Flashcards
The child is good; not bad.
El niño es bueno; no es malo.
(most adjectives end in -o and must agree with the noun it modifies)
The blouse is not expensive; its cheap.
La blusa no es cara; es barata.
The streets are narrow; they’re not wide.
Las calles son estrechas; no son anchas.
She’s preparing a delicious meal.
Ella prepara una comida deliciosa.
Who are the slim boys?
¿Quiénes son los muchachos delgados?
They are going to take a short trip.
Ellos van a hacer un viaje corto.
The markets are modern; not old.
Los mercados son modernos; no son antiguos.
The flag is white and yellow.
La bandera es blanca y amarilla.
The gentlemen are tall and fat.
Los señores son altos y gordos.
The flower is very pretty.
La flor es muy bonita.
Juanita is a tall girl.
Juanita es una muchacha alta.
She is not fat, but neither is she thin.
No es gorda pero tampoco es delgada.
She’s a rather good-looking girl.
Es una muchacha bastante guapa.
She’s blonde.
Es rubia.
She is a good student.
Ella es una alumna buena.
She is quite studious.
Es bastante estudiosa.
And she is also very fond of sports.
Y es también muy aficionada a los deportes.
She is very athletic.
Es muy atlética.
The fields are green.
Los campos son verdes.
(adjectives ending in -e have only two forms, singular and plural)
The university is large.
La universidad es grande.
The houses are impressive.
Las casas son impresionantes.
The gentlemen are poor.
Los señores son pobres.
The boys are very intelligent.
Los chicos son muy inteligentes.
The village is humble.
El pueblo es humilde.
She lives in an elegant house.
Ella vive en una casa elegante.
The rooms of the house are huge.
Los cuartos de la casa son enormes.
It has an impressive living room.
Tiene una sala impresionante.
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.
A strong dog serves as guard for the house.
Un perro fuerte sirve de guardián para la casa.
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.
But not all of the city is like this.
Pero no toda la ciudad es así.
In the suburbs there are many humble neighborhoods where poor families live.
En las afueras hay muchos barrios humildes donde viven las familias pobres.
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.
They are quite depressing.
Son bastante deprimentes.
Teresa is a young girl.
Teresa es una muchacha joven.
(most adjectives ending in a constant have only two forms, singular and plural)
She is a happy person.
Ella es una persona feliz.
She has blue eyes.
Ella tiene ojos azules.
(to form the plural of an adjective ending in a consonant, -es is added)
She has many friends.
Ella tiene muchos amigos.
She is very popular.
Ella es muy popular.
Her siblings are popular as well.
Sus hermanos son populares también.
Teresa and her brothers live on a tropical island.
Teresa y sus hermanos viven en una isla tropical.
A strong sun shines every day in the blue sky.
Un sol fuerte brilla todos los días en el cielo azul.
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.
Enrique is Italian.
Enrique es italiano.
(many adjectives of nationality end in -o and have four forms)
Maria is American.
María es americana.
The boys are Panamanians.
Los chicos son panameños.
My friend is Cuban.
(about a woman)
Mi amiga es cubana.
The cheeses are Swiss.
Los quesos son suizos.
The statues are Greek.
Las estatuas son griegas.
Carlos is German.
Carlos es alemán.
(nationalities ending in a consonant have four forms)
The bags are French.
Las bolsas son francesas.
The gentlemen are English.
Los señores son ingleses.
My mother is Irish.
Mi madre es irlandesa.
Carmen is Catalan.
Carmen es catalana.
The wines are Portuguese.
Los vinos son portugueses.
He is a lovely guy.
Él es un tipo encantador.
He is very nice and has a fantastic personality.
Es muy simpático y tiene una personalidad fantástica.
But unfortunately his children are quite lazy.
Pero desgraciadamente sus hijos son bastante holgazanes.
They do not like to work.
No les gusta trabajar.
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.
She works some ten hours a day.
Ella trabaja unas diez horas al día.
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.
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)
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)
It is the third novel he has written.
Es la tercera novela que él ha escrito.
The main character is a bad guy who has no talent.
El protagonista es un mal tipo que no tiene ningún talento.
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)
Beige pants play (match) very well with a brown shirt.
Los pantalones beige juegan muy bien con una camisa marrón.
