Nivel 1 Clase 9

Adjetivos y artculos:
Adjetivos calificativos Qualifying adjectives

-Alto (tall)

Bajo (short/low)

- Gordo (fat)

Delgado (thin)

- Grande (big)

Pequeo (small)

- Guapo (handsome) (only for people)

Feo (ugly)

- Bonito (pretty (only for things)

Feo (ugly)

- Joven (young) (only for living being)

Viejo (old)

- Nuevo (new)

Viejo (old)

- Fcil (easy)

Difcil (difficult)

- Largo (long)

Corto (short)

- Contento (happy, glad) - Feliz (happy)

Triste (sad) Triste (sad) 1

- Liso (straight, smooth)

Rizado (curly)

- Simptico (nice, amusing)

Antiptico (unfreandly, unpleasant)

- Inteligente

(clever)

Tonto (dumb)

Colores

Colors:

Blanco

Negro

Gris

Azul

Verde

Lila

Rojo

Rosa

Naranja

Amarillo

Adjetivos posesivos

Possessive adjectives:

Possessive adjectives are used to show ownership. They have to agree with the nouns they modify, that is, with the thing possessed: Mi libro (my book) mis libros (my books).

There are five possessive adjectives: mi, tu, su, nuestro and vuestro. Three of them (mi, tu, su) have only two forms, singular and plural, but dont distingush gender, i.e, dont have masculine and feminine forms: Mi padre (my father) mi madre (my mother). 2

Mi coche Tu coche Su coche Nuestro coche Vuestro coche Su coche

(my car) (your car) (his/her car) (our car) (your car) (their car)

mis coches (my cars) tus coches (your cars) sus coches (his/her cars). nuestros coches (our cars) vuestros coches (your car) Sus coches (their cars)

Mi casa Tu casa Su casa Nuestra casa Vuestra casa Su casa

(my house) (your house) (his/her house) (our house) (your house) (their house)

mis casas (my houses) tus casas (your houses) sus casas (his/her houses) nuestras casas (our houses) vuestras casas (your houses) sus casas (their houses)

Artculos
Artculo determinado definite article

El coche La casa

(the car) (the house)

los coches (the cars) las casas (the houses)

Artculo indeterminado

indefinite article

Un coche Una casa

(a car) (a house)

unos chicos (--- cars) unas casas (-- houses)

Definite article speaks of a particular object while indefinite article speaks of any of number of objects. For example: Vamos a la fiesta de Ana (we go to Anas party). Vamos a una fiesta (we go to a party). 3

Algunos adverbios de cantidad

Adverbs of quantity:

Adverbs of quantity are those that explain how many or how much. Like other adverbs, the adverbs of quantity can affect the meanings of verbs, adjectives, other adverbs and occasionally entire sentences. Many of the adverbs of quantity can also serve as adjectives. 1- Mucho (much, very, a lot): mucho + noun (mucho has to be before the noun): Tiene mucho dinero ((he) has a lot of money); verb + mucho (mucho has to be after the verb): Trabaja mucho ((he) works a lot). 2- Muy (very): muy + adjective (muy has to be before the adjective): (l) es muy alto (he is very tall). 3- Poco (a little, not much, not): verb + poco + adjective/noun: Trabaja poco.