Adjectives

Adjectives/Adjectivos

Learn how to enhance your Spanish conversations by incorporating adjectives.

• Words that describe nouns

  Example: Flaco - Skinny, Alto - Tall

• These words have to match the gender, and singularity or plurality of a noun.

  Example: la mujer es flaca - the woman is skinny.

  los edificios son altos - the buildings are tall

• They usually are placed after the noun which is the opposite of english syntax.

  Example: casa grande - big house

  bolsas vacías - empty bags

Descriptive Adjectives/Adjetivos Descriptivos

Possessive Adjectives/Adjetivos Posesivos

​These adjectives are for showing possession of a particular noun.

Demonstrative Adjectives/Adjetivos Demonstrativos

Multiple Choice

How would you say "my house"?

• tu casa
• la casa
• mi hogar
• mi casa

Multiple Choice

How would you say "that house"?

• esta casa

• esa casa
• aquel casa
• este casa

El que con lobos anda, a aullar aprende – He who walks with wolves learns to howl

​This is refers to the type of people that you surround yourself and how they can influence your behavior. It can be compared to sayings “show me your friends and i will tell you who you are” in English. The idea or moral of the saying is that what you surround yourself with can and will affect you and change your life. It can be a neutral, positive or negative saying depending on the situation.