Adjectives and adverbs

Question 1

Adíos

Answer 1

Goodbye

Question 2

Dentro (2)

Answer 2

Inside, in

*At the fruit stand, there is a very hard pear. The vendor says that Joel shouldn’t try biting into the pear unless he has seen a dentist lately.
• The vendor tries to look inside [dentro] Joel’s mouth to see if he has seen a dentist lately.

Question 3

Allá

Answer 3

There (far away/in the distance; indicating space or time)

*Joel then sees spiders that are far away, and says, “[Allá] (there)”.

Question 4

Bajo (3)

Answer 4

Down, low, or below

*The fruit vendor wants to lower his fruitstand, so he hired a backhoe to lower it down [bajo].

Question 5

Cerca (3)

Answer 5

CNN

Close, not far, nearby/near (in time or place)
• Adverb
• Cerca de aquí

*Joel wants a fruit shaped like a golfball, and asks the fruit vendor if there are any circle-shaped fruits near here.
• The fruit vendor says that he has more circle-shaped fruits than anyone else near [cerca] to here.

Question 6

Adelante (3)

Answer 6

FAN

Forward, ahead, near the front

*The fruit vendor keeps pushing the fruit forward into Joel’s face with his long arms.
• Joel remarks at how long his arms are.

Question 7

Todavía

Answer 7

Still

*At the greens vendor, Joel still can’t buy because it is not noon. The vendor points at the clock and says that it is still [todavia] not noon (because the hands of the clock are in a v-shape).

Question 8

Rápido (2)

Answer 8

Rapidly, fast

Question 9

Pronto (2)

Answer 9

SPQ(r)

Soon, quick

Question 10

Mientras (2)

Answer 10

While, during

*The greens vendor gives out money while people are waiting in line.
• So while [mientras] they’re waiting, he gives them yen (money).

Question 11

Casi (3)

Answer 11

HAN

Almost, nearly, hardly

Joel sees a steak that he almost buys, but then he sees how much it costs, he doesn’t buy it.
• He almost [casi] buys a steak that costs a lot of money.

Question 12

Cuánto

Answer 12

How much?

Question 13

Tanto

Answer 13

So much

*Joel taunts the steak vendor so much/so many [tanto] times until the vendor just gives him the steak.

Question 14

Cuál

Answer 14

Which

*Many steaks are piled up looking like bricks in a wall. Joel can’t decide which [cuál] steak to buy because they all look the same piled in the wall.

Question 15

Realmente (3)

Answer 15

RAT

Really, actually, truly

*The veg vendor sells mints at his stand. Joel asks the vendor if the mints are real, and the vendor answers, “Yes, they are really mints.”

Question 16

Pasado (3)

Answer 16

POE

Past, outdated, expired/overcooked
• Noun and adj.

Question 17

Cualquiera (7)

Answer 17

WWW-AAA-E

Any
a.any
Tráeme cualquiera de esos libros.
-Bring me any of those books.

b.either(referring to two things)
¿Te traigo la pluma o el lápiz? – Cualquiera.
-Should I bring you the pen or the pencil? – Either.

c.whichever(referring to a choice)
Es un carro. Cualquiera que escojas va a ser costoso.
-It’s a car. Whichever you choose is going to be expensive.

d.anyone
Cualquiera que sepa la respuesta puede contestar.
-Anyone who knows the answer can respond.

e.anybody
Cualquiera puede solicitar a este puesto.
-Anybody can apply for this position.

f.whoever
Cualquiera que quiera usar el baño, ve ahora.
-Whoever wants to use the bathroom, do it now.

g.whomever
Dile a cualquiera que invites que aquí no se permite fumar.
-Tell whomever you invite that smoking isn’t permitted here.

*Joel hears a voice from the wall behind his house yelling, “Help, I need air!”
• The person says, “I don’t want just any [cualquiera] air, I want good air.”

Question 18

Primero (2)

Answer 18

First, favorite (primero friend = best friend)

• With masculine objects, you can leave the ‘-o’ off of “primero.”

Question 19

Único

Answer 19

Unique

Question 20

Alguno (2)

Answer 20

Some, someone
• "Por algunos días mas" = for several more days
• Alguno → Masc. singular
	○ Algunos - plural
• Alguna → Fem. singular
	○ Algunas - plural

*In Joel’s yard, the is grass that has been trampled on. He thinks that it was some neighbors, neighbors that he calls “goons.”
• Some [algunos] goon neighbors.

Question 21

Ninguno (2)

Answer 21

No one, nobody

Question 22

Grande

Answer 22

Huge, large

• Large (in quantity, by any form of measure).

Question 23

Cierto

Answer 23

Certain
por ciertos motivos
-for certain reasons

cierta persona
-a certain person

a certain Richard Sander
-sun tal Richard Sanders

Ciertas cosas es mejor callárselas.
-Certain things are better left unsaid.

• Lo cierto (idiom): The certain is (what is certain).

Question 24

Feliz

Answer 24

Happy

Question 25

Importante

Answer 25

Important

Question 26

Loco

Answer 26

Crazy

Question 27

Serio (2)

Answer 27

Serious, seriously

Question 28

Listo (2)

Answer 28

Ready, prepared

*Before Joel is ready [listo] to go inside, he makes a list to account for everything in his yard.
• Joel thinks you can never be ready without a list.

Question 29

Demasiados (3)

Answer 29

Too, too many, too much (in excessive number)

*Joel thinks he has too many things in his yard, and that he has a messy yard.

Question 30

Juntos (3)

Answer 30

Together, close together, simultaneously

*Two hunters walk by with their arms linked because one is blind, and one is deaf, so they must do things together [juntos].

Question 31

Viejo/Vieja (2)

Answer 31

Old man
• Can just mean “old” as an adjective.

Joel sees an old man with a white beard and says, “Yay, it’s Santa!”
• The old man says, “Hohoho, I’m not Santa, I’m just an old man.”