ADJETIVOS OBJETIVO – TO USE ADJECTIVES CONFIDENTLY.

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1 ADJETIVOS OBJETIVO – TO USE ADJECTIVES CONFIDENTLY

2 MANY ADJECTIVES END IN –O AND -A When in the plural, you simply add an ‘s’ Adjectives ending in ‘e’ behave the same way (add an ‘s’ in the plural)

3 ADJECTIVES ENDING IN ‘Z’ Change to ‘ces’ in the plural Eg. Capaz - capaces

4 TO MAKE CERTAIN ADJECTIVES FEMININE Adjectives ending in -án -ón -ín Ór Add ‘a’ and ‘as’ to make the feminine Bonachón = bonachona Trabajador = trabajadora

5 COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES Do not have separate feminine forms Mayor – mayores Peor - peores

6 ADJECTIVES DENOTING REGION OR COUNTRY Add an –a in the feminine They lose the accent on the last syllable of the singular form ALWAYS START WITH A SMALL LETTER

7 AGREEMENT OF ADJECTIVES Adjectives have to agree with gender and number with the nouns they describe They are USUALLY placed after nouns Sometimes they are placed before nouns to indicate special emphasis See next slide

8 THE FOLLOWING ADJECTIVES ARE USUALLY PLACED BEFORE NOUNS Bueno, malo, pequeño, gran(de) Una buena experiencia Una gran dificultad Cardinal and ordinal numbers, and ‘último’ Mi primer viaje Los últimos días

9 Some other common adjectives Including Ambos Llamado Otro Mucho Poco tanto

10 COMPARISONS Más……….que Menos…………que Tan(to) ………..como Cuanto más/menos……..(tanto) más/menos

11 AdjectivoComparative Bueno – goodMejor – better Malo – badPeor – worse Mucho – muchMás – more Poco – littleMenos – less Grande – bigMayor – bigger Pequeño – smallMenor – smaller/less

12 MÁS/MENOS Followed by ‘de’ (not que)