1. Adjective to describe personal characteristics These would use the verb SER (to be) Soy, Eres, Es, Somos, (Sois), Son

2. Remember: Adjectives that end in “O” have 4 forms. Adjs that end in a consonant or a vowel only have 2 forms. Exceptions : Nationalities & Words that end in “án, ón, ín, or dor” also have 4 forms

3. Remember: Possessive adjectives agree with the noun not the person. His friends = Sus amigos Their friend = Su amigo

4. Remember: Demonstrative adjectives: This and These have “t”s (este, esta, estos, estas) That and Those don’t (ese, esa, esos, esas) And if it’s far away, use the word that begins with “a” (aquel, aquella, aquellos, aquellas)

5. tall alto, alta, altos, altas

6. friendly amigable, amigables Ends in a vowel = 2 forms only

7. artistic artístico, artística, artísticos, artísticas

8. daring atrevido, atrevida, atrevidos, atrevidas

9. lazy person holgazán, holgazana, holgazanes, holgazanas ends in “án” = exception and has 4 forms

10. this (m.) este

11. short bajo, baja, bajos, bajas

12. my mi, mis NOTE: Singular/Plural agrees with the noun NOT the person: Mi perro y MIS gatos

13. pretty bonito, bonita, bonitos, bonitas

14. sporty, sports-loving deportista, deportistas ends in “ista” = has 2 forms only

15. this (f.) esta

16. unorganized desordenado, desordenada, desordenados, desordenadas

17. studious estudioso, estudiosa, estudiosos, estudiosas

18. glutton comelón, comelona, comelones, comelonas ends in “ón” = exception has 4 forms

19. your tu, tus NOTE: Singular/Plural agrees with the noun NOT the person tu carro tus carros

20. famous famoso, famosa, famosos, famosas

21. funny, cute gracioso, graciosa, graciosos, graciosas

22. These (m) estos

23. handsome, good-looking guapo, guapa, guapos, guapas

24. beautiful hermoso, hermosa, hermosos, hermosas

25. his, her, your (formal) su, sus NOTE: Singular/Plural agrees with the noun NOT the person His friend = su amigo His friends = sus amigos

26. impatient impaciente, impacientes ends with a vowel = 2 forms only

27. these (f.) estas

28. inseparable, close inseparable, inseparables ends with a vowel = 2 forms only

29. German alemán, alemana, alemanes, alemanas ends in “án” = exception has 4 forms

30. intelligent inteligente, inteligentes

31. young joven, jóvenes ends in a consonant (and isn’t an exception) has 2 forms only REMEMBER the pronunciation rules

32. our nuestro, nuestra, nuestros, nuestras

33. older (person) mayor, mayores ends in a consonant and isn’t an exception has 2 forms only

34. those (m) esos

35. negative negativo, negativa, negativos, negativas

36. optimist optimista, optimistas ends in “ista” has 2 forms only

37. organized ordenado, ordenada, ordenados, ordenadas

38. their su, sus NOTE: Singular/Plural agrees with the noun NOT the person Their paper: Su papel Their papers: Sus papeles

39. those (f.) esas

40. French francés, francesa, franceses, francesas ends in a consonant but it’s a nationality has 4 forms

41. patient paciente, pacientes

42. lazy perezoso, perezosa, perezosos, perezosas

43. that (m.) ese

44. pessimist pesimista, pesimistas

45. positive positivo, positiva, positivos, positivas

46. shy, timid tímido, tímida, tímidos, tímidas

47. that (f.) esa

48. shy, reserved reservado, reservada, reservados, reservadas

49. serious serio, seria, serios, serias

50. those far away (f.) aquellas

51. nice, charming simpático, simpática, simpáticos, simpáticas

52. sociable sociable, sociables

53. blabbermouth parlanchín, parlanchina, parlanchines, parlanchinas ends in “ín” = exception has 4 forms

54. that far away (m.) aquel

55. talented talentoso, talentosa, talentosos, talentosas

56. dumb, silly tonto, tonta, tontos, tontas

57. clumsy torpe, torpes

58. that far away (f.) aquella

59. hard-worker trabajador, trabajadora, trabajadores, trabajadoras ends in “dor” = exception has 4 forms

60. old looking, old things viejo, vieja, viejos, viejas

61. ugly feo, fea, feos, feas

62. those far away (m.) aquellos

63. Describe yourself Yo soy…

64. Describe a friend Mi amigo es…

65. Describe a friend and yourself Mi amigo y yo somos…

66. Ask someone what they are like ¿Cómo eres (tú)?