Vocabulario Unidad 1 Lección

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Personalidad

Artístico(a)Artistic

Atlético(a)Athletic

Bueno(a)good

Malo(a)bad

Cómico(a)funny

Serio(a)serious

Desorganizado(a)disorganized

Estudioso(a)studious

Inteligenteintelligent

Tonto(a)Dumb, silly

Perezoso(a)lazy

Trabajador(a)hardworking

Divertido(a)fun

Interesanteinteresting

Aburrido(a)boring

Simpático(a)Nice, outgoing

Apariencia

Alto(a)tall

short

Bajo(a)

Pequeño(a)big

Grandesmall

Delgado(a)fat

Gordo(a)thin

Guapo(a)Good-looking

Bello(a)beautiful

Bonito(a)Pretty, cute

Feo(a)ugly

Jovenyoung old

Viejo(a)

Pelirrojo(a)Red-haired

Rubio(a)Blonde

Castaño(a)Brown-haired

Moreno(a)Brown-haired & dark skinned

Number and Gender • Adjectives are words which describe

nouns or pronouns.• In Spanish, all adjectives must agree

in number and gender with the nouns they describe.

• Gender : nouns are either masculine or feminine

• Number: nouns are either singular or plural.

So what is a “masculine” noun anyway?

• Masculine nouns usually end with the letters L-O-N-E-R-S.

• Feminine nouns usually end in the lettersD-ion-Z-A.

• To make nouns or adjectives plural add “s” to words ending with vowels, add “es” to words ending with consonants.Ex. El chico ---- Los chicos

el papel ---- Los papeles

Examples of maculine and feminine nouns :

Masculine FeminineL – el papel D – la ciudadO – el amigo ión – la televisiónN – el jardín Z – la actrizE – el cine A – la amigaR – el borradorS – el sacapuntos

How to use adjectives• Unlike English, in Spanish,

adjectives usually follow the nouns they describe.Ex. Un chico trabajador

Unos chicos trabajadoresUna chica trabajadoraUnas chicas trabajadoras

The noun first, the adjective second

Nouns have gender and numberin Spanish and so the adjective must reflect the same gender and number as its noun.

El chico simpáticoor

La chica simpática

Regular adjectives--those that end in o--change to the feminine by dropping the -o and adding -a; they thenchange to the plural by adding -s to either form:

alto

Masculine: Feminine:

Singular: alta

Plural: alto altas s

Los chicossimpáticosor

Las chicassimpáticas

Most irregular adjectives--those that end in a letter other than o--only change the ending to indicate plurals. If the adjective ends in a consonant, theplural form adds -es.

Masculine: Feminine:

Singular

Plural

fácil fácil

fácil fáciles es

Exceptions:• When a noun or adjective ends in “Z” the z is

changed to a “c” before making it plural• The following are common exceptions to

gender rules:– El agua– La mano– El problema (and other words ending with “ma”)– La flor– La sal