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LANG 9050-Spanish IA-Chapter 3-Adjectives Rules Flashcards

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Descriptive Adjectives are words that describe:

  • people
  • places
  • things

Descriptive adjectives are used with the verb SER to point out characteristics such as:

  1. nationality
  2. size
  3. colour
  4. shape
  5. personality
  6. appearance
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Descriptive Adjectives are words that describe:

  • people
  • places
  • things

Descriptive adjectives are used with the verb SER to point out characteristics such as:

  1. nationality
  2. size
  3. colour
  4. shape
  5. personality
  6. appearance
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  1. Adjectives ending in -o have four different forms.
  • The feminine singular is formed by changing -o to
    • a.
  • The plural is formed by adding -s to the singular form.

Masculine:
Singular: el muchacho alto
Plural: los muchachos altos

Feminine:
Singular: la muchacha alta
Plural: las muchachas altas

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  1. Adjectives ending in -o have four different forms.
  • The feminine singular is formed by changing -o to
    • a.
  • The plural is formed by adding -s to the singular form.

Masculine:
Singular: el muchacho alto
Plural: los muchachos altos

Feminine:
Singular: la muchacha alta
Plural: las muchachas altas

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  1. Adjectives ending in -e or a consonant have the same masculine and feminine forms.

Masculine:
Singular: el chico inteligente
Plural: los chicos inteligentes

Singular: el examen dificil
Plural: los emánenes dificiles

Feminine:
Singular: la chica inteligente
Plural: las chicas inteligentes

Singular: la clase dificil
Plural: las clases dificiles

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  1. Adjectives ending in -e or a consonant have the same masculine and feminine forms.

Masculine:
Singular: el chico inteligente
Plural: los chicos inteligentes

Singular: el examen dificil
Plural: los emánenes dificiles

Feminine:
Singular: la chica inteligente
Plural: las chicas inteligentes

Singular: la clase dificil
Plural: las clases dificiles

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  1. Adjectives that end in -or are variable in both gender and numbers.

Masculine:
Singular: el hombre trabajorador
Plural: los hombres trabajordores

Feminine:
Singular: la mujer trabajoradora
Plural: las mujers trabajordoras

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  1. Adjectives that end in -or are variable in both gender and numbers.

Masculine:
Singular: el hombre trabajorador
Plural: los hombres trabajordores

Feminine:
Singular: la mujer trabajoradora
Plural: las mujers trabajordoras

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Descriptive Adjectives agree in gender and/or number with the nouns or pronouns they describe.

Examples:
Juan es simpático.
Elena es simpática.
Ellos son simpáticos.

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Descriptive Adjectives agree in gender and/or number with the nouns or pronouns they describe.

Examples:
Juan es simpático.
Elena es simpática.
Ellos son simpáticos.

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Descriptive Adjectives use the masculine form to refer to groups that include males and females.

Examples:
Manuel es alto.
Lola es alta.
Manuel y Lola altos.

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Descriptive nouns use the masculine form to refer to groups that include males and females.

Examples:
Manuel es alto.
Lola es alta.
Manuel y Lola altos.

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Descriptive Adjectives of nationality are NOT capitalized.

Proper names of countries ARE capitalized.

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Descriptive Adjectives of nationality are NOT capitalized.

Proper names of countries ARE capitalized.

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Adjectives of nationality:

  1. If they end in -o change to -a when forming the feminine.
    Examples:
    chino -> china
    mexicano -> mexicana
  2. Add an -s to make plural for the masculine and feminine form.
    Examples:
    argentino -> argentinos
    cubana -> cubanas
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Adjectives of nationality:

  1. If they end in -o change to -a when forming the feminine.
    Examples:
    chino -> china
    mexicano -> mexicana
  2. Add an -s to make plural for the masculine and feminine form.
    Examples:
    argentino -> argentinos
    cubana -> cubanas
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Adjectives of nationality:

  1. If they end in -e have only two forms, singular & masculine -es.

Examples:
canadiense -> canadienses
estaddounidence -> estadounidendeses

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Adjectives of nationality:

  1. If they end in -e have only two forms, singular & masculine -es.

Examples:
canadiense -> canadienses
estaddounidence -> estadounidendeses

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Adjectives of nationality:

  1. Any nationalities that end in a consonant add a -a.

Examples:
alemán -> alemana (there is no accent here.)
japonés -> japonesa (there is no accent here.)
inglés -> inglesa (there is no accent here.)
español -> espoñola

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Adjectives of nationality:

  1. Any nationalities that end in a consonant add a -a.

Examples:
alemán -> alemana (there is no accent here.)
japonés -> japonesa (there is no accent here.)
inglés -> inglesa (there is no accent here.)
espanol -> esponola

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Position of Adjectives:

Descriptive adjectives and adjectives of nationality generally follow the nouns they modify.

Examples:
El niño rubio es de España -> The blond boy is Spanish.
Lu mujer española habla inglés.
The Spanish woman speaks English.

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Position of Adjectives:

Descriptive adjectives and adjectives of nationality generally follow the nouns they modify.

Examples:
El niño rubio es de España -> The blond boy is Spanish.
Lu mujer española habla inglés.
The Spanish woman speaks English.

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Position of Adjectives:

Adjectives of quantity precede the modified noun.

Hay MUCHOS libros en la bibiloteca.
There are many books in the library.

Hablo con DOS turistas puetorriquenos.
I am talking to the Puerta Rican tourists.

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Position of Adjectives:

Adjectives of quantity precede the modified noun.

Hay MUCHOS libros en la bibiloteca.
There are many books in the library.

Hablo con DOS turistas puetorriquenos.
I am talking to the Puerta Rican tourists.

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Position of Adjectives:

Bueno/a and malo/a can appear before and after a noun.

When placed before a masculine noun, the forms are shorten.

Examples:
Mario is a good friend.
Mario es un buen amigo.
Mario es amigo bueno.

Today is a bad day.
Hoy es mal día.
Hoy es día malo.

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Position of Adjectives:

Bueno/a and malo/a can appear before and after a noun.

When placed before a masculine noun, the forms are shorten.

Examples:
Mario is a good friend.
Mario es un buen amigo.
Mario es amigo bueno.

Today is a bad day.
Hoy es mal día.
Hoy es día malo.

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Position of Adjectives:

When GRANDE appears before a singular noun, it’s shorten to GRAN, and the meaning of the word changes to GRAN = great and GRANDE = big, large.

Examples:
Paulo is a great man.
Paulo es un gran hombre.
Paulo es un hombre grande.

La familila de Mary es grande.
Mary’s family is large.

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Position of Adjectives:

When GRANDE appears before a singular noun, it’s shorten to GRAN, and the meaning of the word changes to GRAN = great and GRANDE = big, large.

Examples:
Paulo is a great man.
Paulo es un gran hombre.
Paulo es un hombre grande.

La familila de Mary es grande.
Mary’s family is large.

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Forms of Possessive Adjectives:

Singular — Plural ———- English
mi ———— mis ————- my
tu ————- tus ————– your (familiar)
su ———— sus ————- his, her, its, your (familiar)
nuestro/a - nuestros/as - our
vuestro/a - vuestros/as - your (familiar)
su ———— sus ————- their, your

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Forms of Possessive Adjectives:

Singular — Plural ———- English
mi ———— mis ————- my
tu ————- tus ————– your (familiar)
su ———— sus ————- his, her, its, your (familiar)
nuestro/a - nuestros/as - our
vuestro/a - vuestros/as - your (familiar)
su ———— sus ————- their, your

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Possessive adjectives agree in number with the nound they modify.

Examples:
my cousin —– my cousins —– my aunt —– my aunts
mi primo ——- mis primos —– mi tía ——— mis tías

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Possessive adjectives agree in number with the nound they modify.

Examples:
my cousin —– my cousins —– my aunt —– my aunts
mi primo ——- mis primos —– mi tía ——— mis tías

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The forms nuestro and vuestro agree in both gender and number with the nouns they modify.

Examples:
nuestro primo —– nuestros primos
nuestra tía ———- nuestras tías

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The forms nuestro and vuestro agree in both gender and number with the nouns they modify.

Examples:
nuestro primo —– nuestros primos
nuestra tía ———- nuestras tías

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Possessive Adjectives are ALWAYS placed before the nouns they modify.

Examples:
¿Esta tu novio aqui?
Is your boyfriend here?

No, mi novio está en la biblioteca.
No, my boyfriend is in the library.

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Possessive Adjectives are ALWAYS placed before the nouns they modify.

Examples:
¿Esta tu novio aqui?
Is your boyfriend here?

No, mi novio está en la biblioteca.
No, my boyfriend is in the library.

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Because “su’ and “sus” has multiple meanings (your, his, her, their, its), you ca avoid confusion by using the construction instead:

[article} + [noun] + de + [subject pronoun]

Examples:
——————– los parientes de él/ella –his/her relatives.
sus parientes los parientes de Ud/Uds - your relatives.
——————- los parientes de ellos/ellas - their relatives

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Because “su’ and “sus” has multiple meanings (your, his, her, their, its), you ca avoid confusion by using the construction instead:

[article} + [noun] + de + [subject pronoun]

Examples:
——————– los parientes de él/ella –his/her relatives.
sus parientes los parientes de Ud/Uds - your relatives.
——————- los parientes de ellos/ellas - their relatives

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