Using Adjectives as Nouns

Using Adjectives as Nouns Realidades 2

Adjectives to Nouns • When you are comparing two similar things, you can avoid repetition by dropping the noun and using an article with an adjective.

Adjectives to Nouns • Look at how we can avoid repeating the noun in these instances:

Adjectives to Nouns • ¿Cuál prefieres, la sudadera apretada o la floja? • La sudadera f, s (la) • la  definite article, comes before adjective • Which do you prefer, the tight sweatshirt or the loose one?

Adjectives to Nouns • To avoid repetition we drop the noun in the second part of the sentence, then...

Adjectives to Nouns • ...put the definite or indefinite article right before the second adjective.

Adjectives to Nouns • ¿Cuál prefieres, los pantalones claros o los oscuros? • Los pantalones m, pl. (los) • los  definite article, comes before the adjective • Which do you prefer, the light pants or the dark ones?

Adjectives to Nouns • ¿ Te duele la pierna derecha o la izquierda? • ¿ Qué prefieres, un gorro azul o uno amarillo?

Adjectives to Nouns • Note that the adjective must agree in gender and number just as if the noun were still there.

Adjectives to Nouns • Also note that un becomes uno(a) when it is not followed by a noun.

Adjectives to Nouns • We can do the same thing with what we call a “prepositional phrase,” or a description that begins with de.

Adjectives to Nouns • ¿Compraste una chaqueta de lana o una de cuero? • Una chaqueta  f, s (una) • Una  Indefinite Article, comes before de • Did you buy a wool jacket or a leather one?

Compré la de lana. • I bought the wool one. • La  definite article, comes before de.

Adjectives to Nouns • ¿ Qué haces, la tarea de matemáticas o la de ciencias?

Using Adjectives as Nouns