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Page 1: Adjectivos. What is an adjective? An adjective describes a noun (person, place, or thing) For example: The serious student The cute boy is a serious student.

Adjectivos

Page 2: Adjectivos. What is an adjective? An adjective describes a noun (person, place, or thing) For example: The serious student The cute boy is a serious student.

An adjective describes a noun (person, place, or thing)

For example: The serious student

The cute boy is a serious student

In English, the adjective goes in front of the noun it is describing.

In Spanish, the adjective usually comes after the noun it is describing.

El alumno serio

El chico guapo es un alumno serio

Adjective

Adjective Adjective

Adjective Adjective

AdjectiveNoun Noun

Noun Noun

Noun Noun

Page 3: Adjectivos. What is an adjective? An adjective describes a noun (person, place, or thing) For example: The serious student The cute boy is a serious student.

In Spanish, most adjectives change form, depending upon whether the noun they are describing is masculine or feminine

El hombre altoThe tall man

La mujer altaThe tall woman

El hombre alto no es bajoThe tall man is not short

La mujer alta no es bajaThe tall woman is not short.

Bao Xishun 7 feet and 9 inches

Sandy Allen7 Feet and 7¼ inches

Page 4: Adjectivos. What is an adjective? An adjective describes a noun (person, place, or thing) For example: The serious student The cute boy is a serious student.

Adjectives also change form depending upon whether the noun they describe is singular or plural.

Carlos es cómico Tina es cómica

Los amigos cómicos no son serios

Las amigas cómicas no son serias

Él no es serio Ella no es seria

Los amigos son cómicos

Las amigas son cómicas

Page 5: Adjectivos. What is an adjective? An adjective describes a noun (person, place, or thing) For example: The serious student The cute boy is a serious student.

Many common adjectives end in -o. These adjectives have four forms.

Singular Plural

Masculine cómico cómicos

Feminine cómica cómicas

Did you notice the adjective “cómico” in the last slide? Let’s look again!

Carlos es cómico

Tina es cómica

Los amigos son cómicos

Las amigas son cómicas

Page 6: Adjectivos. What is an adjective? An adjective describes a noun (person, place, or thing) For example: The serious student The cute boy is a serious student.

MasculineSingular

FeminineSingular

MasculinePlural

FemininePlural

Tall alto alta altos altas

Short bajo baja bajos bajas

Good looking guapo guapa guapos guapas

Pretty Lindo linda lindos lindas

Ugly feo fea feos feas

Thin flaco flaca flacos flacas

Fat gordo gorda gordos gordas

Blonde rubio rubia rubios rubias

Brunette moreno morena morenos morenas

These adjectives all have four forms like the words above: bonito, gracioso, serio, ambicioso, perezoso, bueno, fantástico, tímido, sincero, honesto, generoso, simpático, americano, chileno, colombiano, cubano, mexicano, puertorriqueño, venezolano, and secundario

Page 7: Adjectivos. What is an adjective? An adjective describes a noun (person, place, or thing) For example: The serious student The cute boy is a serious student.

The correct form of the adjective depends upon the noun it modifies. Is the noun masculine or feminine? Singular or plural?

Gabriela es una alumna ambiciosa.

Noun(Feminine singular)

Adjective(Feminine singular)

Zach es un muchacho guapo.

Noun(Masculine singular)

Adjective(Masculine singular)

Page 8: Adjectivos. What is an adjective? An adjective describes a noun (person, place, or thing) For example: The serious student The cute boy is a serious student.

Ellas son amigas buenas

Noun(Feminine Plural)

Adjective(Feminine Plural)

Ellos no son alumnos tímidos

Noun(Masculine Plural)

Adjective(Masculine Plural)

Page 9: Adjectivos. What is an adjective? An adjective describes a noun (person, place, or thing) For example: The serious student The cute boy is a serious student.

An Adjective Describes a nounIt generally comes after the noun it is

describingIt has to match the noun in Gender

(masculine or feminine) and number (singular or plural)


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