Notes on adjectives

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Notes on adjectives
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Adjectivos

• In Spanish, most adjectives have both masculine
  and feminine forms
• bueno-buena
• The masculine form usually ends in the letter-o,
  like
• talentoso and the feminine form usually ends
  in the letter a, like talentosa.
• 3. Masculine adjectives are used to describe
  masculine nouns.
• Marco es ordendado y simpático.
• 4. Feminine adjectives are used to describe
  feminine nouns
• María es ordenada y simpática.

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• 5. Adjectives that end in e describe both
  masculine and feminine nouns.
• Anita es inteligente.
• Pedro es inteligente.
• 6.Adjectives whose masculine form ends in dor,
  have a feminine form that ends in dora.
• Juan es trabajador.
• Liliana es trabajdora.
• 7. Some adjectives that end in a, such as
  deportista, turquesa, naranja describe both
  masculine and feminine nouns. You will need to
  learn which adjectives follow this pattern.
• Tomás es deportista.
• El libro es turquesa.

No change to the spelling on the adjective.
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Escribe todo-Word Order Placement of Adjectives

• In Spanish, adjectives usually come after the
  noun they describe.
• Yolanda es una chica estudiosa.-Yolanda is a
  studious girl.
• La chica estudiosa es Yolanda-The studious girl
  is Yolanda. (order is opposite of English)
• Below is a simple pattern you can follow when
  constructing sentences in Spanish.

Subject
Verb
adjective
indefinite Article Noun
Yo Tú Yolanda Sr. Mendez
soy eres es es
interesante. inteligente. graciosa. muy bueno.
una persona un estudiante una amiga un profesor



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Use adjectives with the verb to Be
(SER) Soy muy artística. Eres poco
gracioso. Ella es muy trabajadora.

• escribe esta información sobre verbos y adjetivos

I am
adjective/s
you are
verb to Be
she is

• Use infinitives after the verb gustar A mí me
  gusta mucho bailar y cantar.
• A tí te gusta mucho leer y escribir.

verb infinitive/s