Book #1, Chapter #3, Grammar, Set #1 Flashcards
How do you form the masculine and feminine forms of adjectives that end in -e or a consonant (other than -or)?
Trick question; don’t modify adjectives with these endings in order to use them, their singular forms are just the unmodified adjectives. To form the plural, add “-es” or just “-s” to the end of the adjective depending on whether the adjective ends in an “e”.
How do you form the feminine and plural forms of adjectives that end in “-or”?
Use the unmodified form for the masculine singular. Add -a to the form for the feminine singular. The masculine plural adds “-es”, and the feminine is formed by adding “-as” to the end.
What is the special rule about adjectives of nationality that end in -e?
There are only the singular and plural forms. Form the plural form by simply adding “s” to the end of the adjectives.
How do you form the plural of adjectives of nationality that end in a consonant?
Form the feminine singular by simply adding -a. Form the plural in the usual way based on the singular forms.
Where are descriptive adjectives and adjectives of nationality placed in a sentence?
They normally follow the nouns they modify.
Where are adjectives of quantity placed in a sentence?
Before the noun they modify.
What are the special rules regarding the adjectives bueno/a and malo/a?
They usually appear before the noun they modify. When placed before a masculine singular noun, the forms are shortened: from “bueno” to “buen” and “malo” to “mal”.
What is the special rule about the placement and use of the adjective “grande”?
When grande appears before a singular noun, its form changes to “gran” and has a different meaning. “Gran” means “great”, while “grande” means “large”.
Give the possessive adjectives by person and number.
First Person: singular: mi/mis; plural: nuestro/a
Second Person: singular: tu/tus; plural: vuestro/a
Third Person: singular: su/sus; plural: su/sus
Where are possessive adjectives placed in a sentence?
Always before before the nouns they modify.
What is the rule about clarifying the use of possessive adjectives “su” and “sus”?
You can use the construction “[article] + [noun] + de + [subject pronoun]” when use of the possessive adjective would be unclear: “sus parientes”-> “los parientes de él/ella.”
Give the correct endings of “-er” verbs according to person and number.
First person: singular: -o; plural: -emos
Second person: singular: -es; plural: -éis
Third person: singular: -e; plural: -en
Give the correct endings of “-ir” verbs according to person and number.
First person: singular: -o; plural: -imos
Second person: singular: -es; plural: -ís
Third person: singular: -e; plural: -en
Give the full present-tense conjugation of the verb for “tener”.
yo tengo; nosotros/as tenemos
tu tienes; vosotros/as tenéis
usted/él/ella tiene; ustedes/ellos/ellas tienen
Give the full present-tense conjugation of the verb for “venir”.
yo vengo; nosotros/as venimos
tu vienes; vosotros/as venís
usted/él/ella viene; ustedes/ellos/ellas vienen
