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Some adjectives + nationalities Flashcards

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tall

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alto/a

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unpleasant

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antipático/a

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short (height)

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bajo/a

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pretty

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bonito/a

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good

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bueno/a

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thin

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delgado/a

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difficult

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dificil

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easy

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fácil

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ugly

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feo/a

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fat

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gordo/a

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good-looking

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guapo/a

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important

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importante

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intelligent

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intelligente

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interesting

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interesante

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young

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joven

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malo/a

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bad

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same

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mismo/a

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brunette

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moreno/a

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much, many, a lot of

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mucho/a

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red-haired

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pelirrojo/a

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small

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pequeño/a

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blonde

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rubio/a

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foolish

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tonto/a

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hard-working

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trabajador(a)

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old

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viejo/a

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German

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alemán, alemana

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Argentine

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argentino/a

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Canadian

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canadiense

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Chinese

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chino/a

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Costa Rican

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costarricense

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Cuban

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cubano/a

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Ecuadorian

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ecquatoriano/a

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Spanish

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español(a)

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from the U.S.

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estadounidense

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French

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francés, francesa

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English

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inglés/ inglesa

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Italian

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italiano/a

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Japanese

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japonés, japonesa

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Mexican

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mexicano/a

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(North) American

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norteamericano/a

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Puerto Rican

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puertorriqueño/a

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Russian

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ruso/a

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Venezuelan

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venezeolano/a

44
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Do you use adjectives with ser or estar?

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ser

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How do you change adjectives that end in -o to accommodate masculine and feminine words?

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The forms of descriptive adjectives agree in gender and/or number with nouns or pronouns they describe. For example, the feminine singular is formed by changing the -o to -a and the plural you add -s to the singular forms

M.s. = -o
M.f.= -os

F.s= -a
F.p= -as

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Do adjectives that end in -e or a consonant have the same or different masculine and feminine forms? Yes or no?

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Yes, they have the same masculine and feminine forms. -e for singular and -es for plural forms of adjectives.

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How do you change the adjectives that end in -or to accommodate gender and number?

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Mf. = -or
Mp. = -ores

Fs = -ora
Fp= -oras

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big

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grande

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nice; likeable

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simpático/a

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Where do descriptive adjectives and adjectives or nationalities go in relation to the nouns they modify?

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They follow the nouns they modify

EX: El niño rubio es de España. (The blonde boy is from Spain.)

EX: La mujer española habla inglés. (The Spanish woman speaks English.)

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Where do adjectives of quantity go in relation to the modified noun?

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Unlike descriptive adjectives, They precede the modified noun.

EX: Hay muchos libros en la biblioteca. (There are many books in the library.)

EX: Hablo con dos turistas puertorriqueños. (I am talking with two Puerto Rican tourists.)

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Where do bueno/a and malo/a appear in relation to the noun and how do they change with a masculine singular noun?

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They can appear before or after a noun. When placed before a masculine singular noun, the forms are shorted to buen and mal.

EX: Joaquín es un buen amigo. OR Joaquín es un amigo bueno. (Joaqin is a good friend.)

EX: Hoy es un mal día. OR Hoy es un día malo. (Today is a bad day.)

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How does grande appear in relationship to a singular noun and how does it change?

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When grande appears before a singular noun, it is shortened to gran, and the meaning of the word changes, gran=great and grande=big, large

EX: Don Francisco es un gran hombre. (Don Francisco is a great man.)

EX: La familia de Inés es grande. (Inés’ family is large.)

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