Adjectives and adverbs Flashcards
Adíos
Goodbye
Dentro (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.
Allá
There (far away/in the distance; indicating space or time)
*Joel then sees spiders that are far away, and says, “[Allá] (there)”.
Bajo (3)
Down, low, or below
*The fruit vendor wants to lower his fruitstand, so he hired a backhoe to lower it down [bajo].
Cerca (3)
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.
Adelante (3)
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.
Todavía
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).
Rápido (2)
Rapidly, fast
Pronto (2)
SPQ(r)
Soon, quick
Mientras (2)
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).
Casi (3)
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.
Cuánto
How much?
Tanto
So much
*Joel taunts the steak vendor so much/so many [tanto] times until the vendor just gives him the steak.
Cuál
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.
Realmente (3)
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.”
Pasado (3)
POE
Past, outdated, expired/overcooked
• Noun and adj.
Cualquiera (7)
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.”
Primero (2)
First, favorite (primero friend = best friend)
• With masculine objects, you can leave the ‘-o’ off of “primero.”
Único
Unique
Alguno (2)
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.
Ninguno (2)
No one, nobody
Grande
Huge, large
• Large (in quantity, by any form of measure).
Cierto
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).
Feliz
Happy
Importante
Important
Loco
Crazy
Serio (2)
Serious, seriously
Listo (2)
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.
Demasiados (3)
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.
Juntos (3)
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].
Viejo/Vieja (2)
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.”
