Chapter 3 Flashcards
Express ownership or possession
possessive adjs
Descriptive adjs. agree in
number and gender of nouns/pronouns they describe
descriptive adjs endng in -o and -or have ___ forms.
four
What is special about the adj. “joven”?
It takes an accent in the plural
plural of joven
jóvenes
plural of joven
jóvenes
plural of joven
jóvenes
tall
alto/alta
unpleasant
antipático/a
short
bajo/a
pretty
bonito/a
good
bueno/a
thin
delgado/a
difficult
difícil
easy
fácil
ugly
feo/a
fat
gordo/a
big
grande
good-looking
guapo/a
important
importante
intelligent
inteligente
interesting
interesante
young
joven
bad
malo/a
dark-haired
moreno/a
red-head
pelirrojo/a
small
pequeño/a
blond
rubio/a
nice
simpático/a
foolish
tonto/a
hard-working
trabajador(a)
old
viejo/a
Adjs. of nationality are formed just like….
other adjectives
Adjs of nationality that end in a consonant add -a to the __ forms
fem.
German
alemán/alemana
Argentine
argentino/a
Canadian
canadiense
Canadian
canadiense
canadian
canadiense
Cuban
cubano/a
Ecuadorian
ecuatoriano/a
Spanish
español(a)
from the U.S.
estadounidense
from the US
estadounidense
American
estadounidense
French
francés/francesa
feminine of “French”
francesa
masculine form of French
francés
English
inglés/inglesa
Masculine form of “English”
inglés
feminine form of “English”
inglesa
Japanese
japonés, japonesa
feminine form of Japanese
japonesa
Masculine form of “Japanese”
japonés
Mexican
mexicano/a
(North) American
norteamericano/a
North American
norteamericano/a
Puerto Rican
puertorriqueño/a
Adjs generally follow the ___ they modify.
nouns
Adjectives of quantity
mucho/a
mucho/a
much;many;alot
much/many/a lot
mucho/a
Adjectives of quantity are placed…
before the modified noun
Bueno/a and malo/a can be placed — or – a noun
before
after
Before a MASCULINE SINGULAR NOUN, the forms of BUENO AND MALO are shortened…
bueno –> buen
malo –> mal
Before a MASCULINE SINGULAR NOUN, the forms of BUENO AND MALO are shortened…
bueno –> buen
malo –> mal
When “GRANDE” appears before a SINGULAR NOUN…
IT IS SHORTENED TO “GRAN”
GRAN
GREAT
GRANDE
BIG/LARGE
The adj GRANDE CHANGES ITS MEANING BASED ON ITS POSIT. IN A SENTENCE
gran -> great
grande = big,large
What does the word grande mean here? - “Manuel es un GRAN hombre
he is a GREAT MAN
What does the word grande mean here?: “La familia de Inés es grande
big/large family
-ER VERBO CONJUGATION
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