Los adjetivos, articulos definidos/indefinidos singular, ser

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Los adjetivos - adjectives

Los articulos definidos/indefinidos - Definite and Indefinite articles​

El verbo ser​

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• ​Words like tall, short, or funny are adjectives. Adjectives describe appearance, size, personality, and other characteristics.

• In Spanish, most adjectives have both masculine and feminine forms. The masculine form usually ends in the letter -o and the feminine form usually ends in the letter -a.

• Masculine adjectives are used to describe masculine nouns.

  Marcos es ordenado y simpático. Marcos is organized and nice.

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• Feminine adjectives are used to describe feminine nouns.

  Marta es ordenada y simpática. Marta is organized and nice.

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• Adjectives that end in -e describe both masculine and feminine nouns.

  Anita es inteligente. Anita is smart.

  Pedro es inteligente también. Pedro is also smart.

• Adjectives whose masculine form ends in -dor have a feminine form that ends in -dora.

  Juan es trabajador. Juan is hardworking.

  Luz es trabajadora. Luz is hardworking.

• Some adjectives that end in -a, such as deportista, describe both masculine and feminine nouns. You will need to learn which adjectives follow this pattern.

  Tomás es deportista. Tomás is sports-minded.

  Marta es deportista también. Marta is also sports-minded.

​Los articulos definidos e indefinidos - Definite and indefinite articles

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​El and la are called definite articles and are the equivalent of “the” in English. 

El is used with masculine nouns; la is used with feminine nouns.  You’ve already seen words with definite articles:

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el libro = the book

la carpeta = the folder

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​Un and una are called indefinite articles and are the equivalent of “a” and “an” in English. Un is used with masculine nouns; una is used with feminine nouns:

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un libro = a book

una carpeta = a folder

​el	​the
​la	​the

​un	​a, an
​una	​a, an

In Spanish, adjectives usually come after the noun they describe. Notice how artística follows chica in the Spanish sentence.

Margarita es una chica artística. Margarita is an artistic girl.​

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Did you notice ​that in the English sentence the adjective comes before the noun?

​Word order: placement of adjectives

​Here's a simple pattern you can follow when writing a sentence in Spanish.