3.1 Descriptive Adjectives

​3.1 Descriptive Adjectives. (Mr. Fletes)

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​Adjectives are words that describe people, places and things. In Spanish descriptive adjectives are used with verb SER to point out characteristics such as nationality, size, color, shape, personality and appearance.

​In English, the forms of descriptive adjectives do not change to reflect a gender (masculine/feminine) and number (singular/plural) of the noun or pronoun they describe, for example:

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Juan is nice

Mary is nice

They are nice​

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Notice that the description NICE never changes in English.​

​In Spanish, the forms of descriptive adjectives agree in gender and or number with the nouns or pronouns they describe, in other words descriptive adjectives must match the gender (male/female) and the number (singular/plural) of what is being described.

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Juan es simpático

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Elena es simpática

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Ellos son simpáticos

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María y Elena son simpáticas​

​Adjectives that end in –o turn to -a when it's feminine and the plural is formed by adding the S to the singular form.

​El chico es rápido - La chica es rápida -

Los chicos son rápidos - Las chicas son rápidas

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El niño es

• buena

• bueno

• buenos

• buenas

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Las niñas son

• rápido

• rápidos

• rápidas

• rápido

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Mi papá es

• delgado

• delgados

• delgada

• delgadas

​Adjectives that end in letter E or a Consonant, have the same masculine and feminine forms. This means that both male and female share the same endings, both in singular and plural forms.

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​The letter E is shared by both male and female, they become plural by just adding S.

When the ending is with a consonant, it remains the same for singular on both genders and it becomes plural by adding ES at the end.​

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La clase es

• fácil

• fáciles

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las clases son

• fácil

• fáciles

​Adjectives that end in letters OR are variable in both gender and number.

• OR turns into ORA for female.

• OR turns into ORES for male/plural

• ORA turns into ORAS for female/plural ​

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Write 3 Spanish descriptive adjectives to describe the video you just saw.

Use a sentence using Verb SER and its corresponding conjugation.

For example 'Ella es grande'

​Write the meaning of these Adjectives

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​Bueno/a and Malo/a can appear before or after a noun. When placed before a masculine singular noun, the forms are shortened:

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Bueno = Buen / Malo = Mal

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Joaquin es un amigo BUENO / Joaquin es un BUEN amigo

(Joaquin is a good friend)​

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Hoy es un día MALO / Hoy es un MAL día​

(Today is a bad day)​

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​When Grande appears before a singular noun, it is shortened to Gran, and the meaning of the word changes:

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Gran = Great

Grande = Big, Large

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Miguel es un GRAN hombre / María es una GRAN mujer​

Miguel is a great man / María is a great woman​

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Mi familia es GRANDE​.

My family is big​

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Paul is a big kid

• Paul es un chico grande

• Paul es un gran chico

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The stadium is big

• El estadio es grande

• Es un gran estadio

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Mario is a great student

• Mario es un estudiante grande

• Mario es un gran estudiante

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My car is a great car

• Mi carro es un gran carro

• Mi carro es grande

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My car is big

• Mi carro es un gran carro

• Mi carro es grande

​Write the correct adjective considering Gender and Singular/Plural forms