1. Adjective + Noun Agreement
Unidad 1 Etapa 2

2. Los Objetivos What are adjectives? How are they different in Spanish?
Why is a noun’s gender and number so important?

3. Adjectives
What is an adjective?
Adjectives describes nouns!!

4. Adjectives (cont.)
Adjectives must match the noun that it describes in both gender and number.

5. Ejemplo (matching the gender)
Luis is tall = Luis es _______. Luisa is tall. = Luisa es ______.
alto
alta

6. Ejemplo (matching the number)
Luis and Juan are tall. = Luis y Juan son __________. Luisa and Marta are tall. = Luisa y Marta son ___________.
altos
altas

7. Remember… Adjectives can!!
Nouns cannot change gender without changing the meaning but…
Adjectives can!!

8. Alto = tall Alta = tall Altos = tall Altas =tall
Adjectives must change to match the noun!!!!!!!

9. Video Clip: The Standard Deviants

10. Try it! 1.The boys are funny. 2. Maria is lazy.
3. Susana and Juana are serious.

11. Practica Los chicos son __________________ (nice).
La falda es ________________ (short).
Maria y Juan son ________________ (short).
Paco y yo somos __________________ (funny).

12. noun Adjective Placement
If the adjective and noun are side-by-side in the sentence, the __________ comes first.
noun

13. Let’s look at this sentence…
In English we say…
The white house
art.
adj.
noun

14. La Blanca Casa adj. noun art. This is not correct!
You would think that in Spanish you would say…
La Blanca Casa
adj.
noun
art.
This is not correct!

15. This is how you do it... La
Blanca
Casa
Blanca

16. This is different from… The girl is tall. The boys are nice.
English
Spanish
The tall girl
The nice boys
This is different from…
The girl is tall.
The boys are nice.
La chica alta.
Los chicos simpáticos.
This is different from…
La chica es alta.
Los chicos son simpáticos.

17. Practica
The ugly cats
A red T-shirt

18. Mas Practica The green shoes The big house A red blouse
Some pink pants
The nice boys

19. Translate Maria has green eyes. I wear a yellow T-shirt.
Carlos and Juan are tall.
Julia wears blue jeans and a white jacket.