Descriptive Adjectives

1. Descriptive Adjectives Señora Villalobos 2014.15

2. gato negro gatosnegros

3. Overview • As the name may suggest, descriptive adjectives describe a quality of a noun. In Spanish, all parts of a noun phrase must match in gender and number. Agreement is the defining feature of the Spanish gender system. Adjectives must agree with the noun (or pronoun) they describe in gender and in number to show which noun they are describing. This means that if the noun is feminine, the adjective must be feminine, and if that same noun is also plural, the adjective will be feminine AND plural as well. • lasfaldas - feminine, plural • lasfaldasbonitas - all parts feminine and plural

4. Dictionaries • Listed in masculine singular form • Important to know how to change to match the noun you want to identify • Most singular masculine forms end in • -o, -e, - or a consonant

5. Adjectives that end in -o • These adjectives describe nouns in both gender and number, and have four endings, one each for masculine, feminine, singular, and plural. These types of adjectives make up majority of the adjectives in Spanish. • Masculine -o -os • Feminine -a -as

6. Adjectives that end in -o • To change the masculine form of an adjective to match a feminine noun, replace the -o ending with -a. • Es un perro negro. • Es unacamisanegra. • To make an -o adjective plural in the masculine or feminine form, add -s to the singular ending. • El hombre es alto. • Los hombres son altos. • Soy delgada. • Somosdelgadas.

7. Adjectives that end in -e or -ista • do not change according to gender as they agree with both masculine and feminine in the basic form • do change for number • -e Adjective Endings • Singular -e • Plural -es • -ista Adjective Endings • Singular -ista • Plural-istas

8. Adjectives that end in -e or -ista • Tengo un abuelointeresante.  - masculine • Mi abuelaesinteresante. - feminine • Mi profesoresmuyidealista. - masculine • Mi profesoraesmuyidealista. – feminine • To make an -e adjective plural, add an -s to the singular ending. • Los árboles son verdes. • Allíestánlasniñasgrandes.

9. Adjectives that end in a consonant • Most adjectives that end in a consonant do not change according to gender, but do change for number, just like adjectives that end in -e. • To make an adjective that ends in a consonant plural, add - es to the singular ending. • El cocheesazul. • Los coches son azules. • A la mujerjoven le gustaeste café. • A lasmujeresjóvenes les gustaeste café.

10. Adjectives that end in a consonant • Exception: Adjectives that end in -z in the singular, change the -z to a -c before adding the plural ending. • El gatoesfeliz. • Los gatos son felices.

11. Adjectives that end in a consonant • Exception: Adjectives that end in -or, -ón, or -índo have feminine forms. Simply add -a or -as to the masculine singular form and delete the orthographic accent if necessary. • Mi hermanoestrabajador. • Mi hermanaestrabajadora. • Mishermanos son trabajadores. • Mishermanas son trabajadoras. • Pablo escabezón. • Paula escabezona.

12. Adjectives that end in a consonant • Exception: Adjectives ending in -erior do not have a feminine form. • Está en el patio exterior del edificio. • Está en la parte posterior del edificio.

13. Summary

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16. Source • http://www.spanishdict.com/topics/show/19

17. Hablando de lasfotos • Describe the picture or pictures you see using the descriptive word given

18. El gato, negro

19. El Zapato, blanco

20. La Pelota, grande

21. El Hombre, bajo

22. La Chica, bonito

23. El Hombre, guapo

24. El Estudiante, inteligente

25. El Novio, feliz

26. La Oreja, pequeño

27. La chaqueta, azul

28. La chaqueta, azul

29. La Abeja, grande

30. El Mono, loco

31. El planeta, redondo

32. La Chica, inteligente