Descriptive Adjectives

• Used with the verb ser

• Agree in gender and number of the noun

• Come after the noun they describe

• Adjectives that en in –o change to a for feminine nouns

• Add an –s for plural nouns

ex

• El hombre es bueno.

• La mujer es buena.

• Los hombres son buenos.

• Las mujeres son buenas.

• Adjectives that end in –e have the same forms for masculine and feminine nouns

• Add –s for plural nouns

• Ex.

El hombre es inteligente.

La mujer es inteligente.

Las mujeres son inteligentes.

position

• Adjectives describing quantity go before a noun muchos libros

• Bueno and malo can go before a noun

• When these adjectives appear before a masculine singular noun, they are shortened

• When grande appears before singular nouns, the meaning changes from big to great

Adjetivos Posesivos

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Possessive adjectives, like descriptive adjectives, are used to qualify people, places, or things. Possessive adjectives express the quality of ownership or possession.

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• Possessive adjectives are always placed before the nouns they modify.

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• Because su and sus have multiple meanings (your, his, her, their, its), you can avoid confusion by using this construction instead: [article] + [noun] + de + [subject pronoun].

Possessive Adjectives• Some examples:

mi hermano mis hermanos

tu abuela tus abuelas

su hijo sus hijos

nuestro tío nuestros tíos

nuestra tía nuestras tías

In English, the possessive adjectives his, her, and their tell whether something belongs to a male, a female, or more than one person.

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In Spanish, the possessive adjective su has many possible meanings (his, her, its, your, their). Context usually makes the meaning clear.

Possessive Adjectives• The possessive adjective must be singular if

the noun is singular and plural if the noun is plural.

While possessive adjectives refer to the

owner, their form agrees in gender and

number with the noun that comes after

them.

Posessive Adjectives

•Mi prima es alta.

•Mis primas son altas.

Posessive Adjectives

• ¿Son rubios los hermanos de Rafael?

•No, sus hermanos son pelirrojos.

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Showing Possession• In Spanish there are NO

apostrophes.

• You cannot say, for example,

Jorge’s dog,

(using an apostrophe)

Showing Posession• You must say,

• “The dog of Jorge,” only in Spanish. Like this:

• El perro de Jorge.

De + noun• This concept of showing

possession is using “de + noun.”

For example:

De + Noun• Tengo el cuaderno de Felipe.

La hermana de María es amable.

Su and sus can take the place of a phrase with de + person.

• ¿De dónde es la madre de Juan?

• Su madre es de Puebla.

Verbos ER

o

es

e

emos

éis

en

o

es

e

imos

ís

en

Verbos IR

Tener y Venir

• The endings are the same as those of

regular -er and -ir verbs, except for the yo

forms, which are irregular: tengo, vengo.

Tener expressions

• In certain idiomatic or set expressions in

Spanish, you use the construction tener +

[noun] to express to be + [adjective].

• To express an obligation, use tener que

(to have to) + [infinitive].

• To ask people if they feel like doing

something, use tener ganas de (to feel

like) + [infinitive].