1. What are adjectives? How do we use them is Spanish?

2. Describes a person place or thing.
What is an Adjective?
Describes a person place or thing.

3. Quick Overview: Articles & Word Gender
All words have gender in Spanish
Masculine & Neutral words end in consonants and vowels excepting ‘a’, gender specific
Feminine words end in “a” and “ion” and are gender specific.
Article: The/ Those
Masculine: el (singular) los (plural)
Feminine: La (singular) las (plural)

4. Where are adjectives placed in an English sentence?
Adjectives are placed before the noun.
Example:
The happy girl plays.

5. New vocabulary: adjectives practice
grosero [growser-oh]
chevere [cheh-vehr-eh]
feliz [fay-lees]
simpático/a [seem-pat-ee-ko]
desagradable [des-ah-grad-ah-blay]
Alto/a [al-toe]
Bajo/a [bah-ho] flaco/a [fla-ko]
rude
Cool
happy
Nice
Mean
Tall
Short
Skinny

6. How adjectives are used in Spanish!
The happy girl plays.
La chica feliz juega.
The tall boy talks
El chico alto habla
The tall girl talks
La chica alta habla

7. Adjective Rules Rule 1: In Spanish the adjective comes after the noun.
Ex: casa blanca chico corto
Rule 2: The ending of the adjective changes to match the gender of the noun.
Ex: tall girl la chica alta
tall boy el chico alto
Rule 3: If the gender of the adjective is neutral the adjective stays neutral, the article indicates the gender
Ex: happy girl la chica feliz
happy boy el chico feliz

8. Adjective Rules
Rule 4: The ending of the adjectives changes if the noun is plural.
Ex: the tall girls
las chicas altas
Rules 5: Articles will match adjective and nouns in gender and plurality
Ex: la chica alta (fs) las chicas altas (fp)
el chico alto (ms) los chicos altos (mp)*
* *fs (feminine singular), *fp (feminine plural), * ms (masculine singular), *mp (masculine plural)

9. Adjective Practice Ex: the tall boy el chico alto
Rude: The rude boy (chico)
Cool: The cool mothers (madres)
Happy: The happy cat- male (gato_
Nice: The nice girls (chicas)
Mean: The mean student- neutral (estudiante)
Tall: The tall dogs (perros)
Short: The short dad (padre)
Skinny: The skinny witches (brujas)

10. Adjective Practice Ex: the tall boy el chico alto
Rude: The rude boy (chico)
El chico grosero
Cool: The cool mothers (madres)
Las madres cheveres
Happy: The happy cat- male (gato)
El gato feliz
Nice: The happy girls (chicas)
Las chicas simpáticas

11. Adjective Practice Ex: the tall boy el chico alto
Mean: The mean student- neutral (estudiante)
El estudiante desagradable
Tall: The tall dogs (perros)
Los perros altos
Short: The short dad (padre)
El padre bajo
Skinny: The skinny witches (brujas)
Las brujas flacas

12. In your words…. 1. What is an adjective?
2. What are the five rules for using adjectives in Spanish. Give an example of each.

13. Rule 5: Practice
Rules 5: Articles will match adjective and nouns in gender and plurality
Ex: la chica alta (fs) las chicas altas (fp)
el chico alto (ms) los chicos altos (mp)*
*fs (feminine singular), *fp (feminine plural), * ms (masculine singular),
*mp (masculine plural)
Assignment: Back of pg 2 Forms of the Adjectives (fs, fp, ms, mp)