 Nouns are: person, place, or thing.  In Spanish, ALL nouns have articles.

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2  Nouns are: person, place, or thing.  In Spanish, ALL nouns have articles.

3  Definite articles tell what is definite: the woman = la mujer  Singular, masculine: el  Singular, feminine: la  Plural, masculine: los  Plural, feminine: las

4  Indefinite articles tell what is indefinite: a woman = una mujer  Singular masculine: un  Singular feminine: una  Plural masculine: unos  Plural feminine: unas

5  El hombre…man  La mujer…woman  El chico…boy  La chica…girl  El amigo…friend (male  La amiga…friend (female)

6  Adjectives have gender (masc/fem) › Words ending in –a are usually feminine › Words ending in –o are usually masculine › Words ending in –e usually work for both genders and don’t have to be changed

7  When making an adjective plural, there are two rules:  1, if the word ends in a vowel, add the letter –s.  2. if the word ends in a consonant, add –es to the end.

8  artístico/a…artistic  atlético/a…athletic

9  bonito/a…pretty  Feo/a…ugly  guapo/a…good- looking/handsome

10  malo/a…bad  bueno/a…good

11  trabajador/a…hard -working  perezoso/a…lazy

12  Organizado/a…organized  Desorganizado/a… disorganized

13  alto/a…tall  bajo/a…short

14  grande…big  pequeño/a…small

15  viejo/a…old  joven…young (plural = jóvenes)

16  cómico/a…funny  serio/a…serious

17  Simpático/a…nice  Tacaño/a…rude, mean

18  inteligente… intelligent/smart

19  Pelirrojo/a…red-headed  Rubio/a…has blonde hair  Tiene pelo castaño…has dark hair

20  Nouns and adjectives must agree in number and gender!  NUMBER: singular and plural  GENDER: masculine and feminine

21  Adjectives come AFTER nouns in Spanish!  Example:  La chica alta (the tall girl)  Un hombre viejo (an old man)

22  The tall girl = la chica alta

23  All verbs end in –ar, -er, -ir  Verbs are CONJUGATED to match a subject pronoun

24  Ser means “to be”  Forms of “to be” include: › I am › you are › he is, she is › we are › you all are › they are.

25  yo soynosotros somos  túeresvosotros sois  élesellosson  ellaesellasson  ud.esuds.son

26  Ser is used to talk about one’s identity.  I am a woman.Yo soy una mujer.  He is tall.Él es alto.