Possessive Adjectives Spanish One ch.5A

Los adjetivos: Adjectives: Words that modify nouns En español, most adjectives have either two or four forms When using adjectives in Spanish, one must always consider PLACEMENT and AGREEMENT.

ADJECTIVE AGREEMENT: If an adjective ends in O, A, OS or AS then it will have four forms and the form that you use in any given sentence must agree with the noun that it modifies. nuestro (m/s) nuestra (f/s) nuestros (m/p) nuestras (f/p)

ADJECTIVE AGREEMENT: If an adjective ends in something other than O, A, OS or AS, then it will have only two forms – singular and plural. su (s) sus (p)

Exceptions to the rule…: The following adjectives lose the “o” of the masc. singular ending WHEN they come right before a Masc. Singular Noun. good (bueno)…buen libro bad (malo)…mal perro one (uno)…un bolígrafo first (primero)…el primer día

placed in front of the noun Descriptive adjectives PLACEMENT OF ADJECTIVES Restrictive adjectives placed in front of the noun Descriptive adjectives placed after the noun Nouns used as adjectives placed after the noun and separated by the word “de”

POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES mi nuestro tu ---------- su

EXAMPLES: his big backpack su mochila grande our white book nuestro libro blanco their Spanish notebooks sus cuadernos de español

PRACTICE: our school backpacks their big desk my English books her Spanish dictionaries your (fam) big notebook his new pencils

PRACTICA nuestras mochilas de colegio su escritorio grande mis libros de inglés sus diccionarios de español tu cuaderno grande sus lápices nuevos