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. Try it! (Las Respuestas)
1.The boys are funny. Los chicos son cómicos.
2. Maria is lazy. María es perezosa.
3. Susana and Juana are serious. Susana y Juana son serias.

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

13. Practica (Las Respuestas)
Los chicos son simpáticos (nice).
La chica es baja (short).
Maria y Juan son bajos (short).
Paco y yo somos cómicos (funny).

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

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

16. 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!

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

18. 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.

19. Assignment
On the following slides, there are some practice sentences. You will need to copy these sentences on a piece of paper, then you will need to answer them. (Label you paper Adjective + Noun Practice) Once you are finished you will need to put them in the drop box. If you need help, be sure to go back and watch the PPT again to make sure you have a good understanding of the objectives!

20. Practica
The studious friends
A serious girl

21. Mas Practica The hardworking woman The big house An artistic person
Some lazy students
The nice boys

22. Translate Maria has brown hair. Carmen and Julia are very pretty.
The bad boys are friends.
Felipe and Susana are red-haired.