Singular Nouns: Gender and Articles Masculine NounsFeminine Nouns Definiteel hombrethe manla mujerthe woman Articlesel librothe bookla mesathe table Indefiniteun hombrea (one) manuna mujera (one) woman Articlesun libroa (one) bookuna mesaa (one) table 1

Plural Nouns: Gender and Articles SingularPlural el librolos librosthe books Nouns Ending la mesalas mesasthe tables in a Vowel un librounos librossome books una mesaunas mesassome tables Nouns Endingla universidadlas universidadesthe universities in a Consonantun papelunos papelessome papers 2

Adjectives: Gender, Number, Position (Part 1) Describing Adjectives: Gender, Number, Position (Part 1) -oo A. Adjectives that end in -o (alto) have four forms, showing gender and number. Masculine Feminine oa Singularun amigo alto una amiga alta osas Pluralunos amigos altos unas amigas altas 3

-ee l B. Adjectives that end in -e (inteligente) or in most consonants (fiel) have only two forms, a singular and a plural form. MasculineFeminine ee ll Singular un amigo inteligenteuna amiga inteligente un amigo fieluna amiga fiel eses eses Plural unos amigos inteligentesunas amigas inteligentes unos amigos fielesunas amigas fieles Adjectives: Gender, Number, Position (Part 2) Describing Adjectives: Gender, Number, Position (Part 2) 3

Adjectives: Gender, Number, Position (Part 3) Describing Adjectives: Gender, Number, Position (Part 3) C. Most adjectives of nationality have four forms. MasculineFeminine oa a a a el doctorla doctora mexicanomexicana Singular españolespañola alemánalemana inglésinglesa osas esas esas esas los doctoreslas doctoras mexicanosmexicanas Pluralespañolesespañolas alemanesalemanas inglesesinglesas 3

Demonstrative Adjectives Pointing Out People and Things Demonstrative Adjectives SingularPlural esteesta estosestas thiseste libroesta mesatheseestos librosestas mesas eseesa esosesas thatese libroesa mesathoseesos librosesas mesas aquel aquellaaquellosaquellas thataquel libroaquella mesathoseaquellos libros aquellas mesas (allí) (allí) (allí) (allí) 4

Possessive Adjectives (Unstressed) Expressing Possession Possessive Adjectives (Unstressed) mymi libro / mesa mis libros / mesas yourtu libro / mesa tus libros / mesas your, his,su libro / mesa her, itssus libros / mesas nuestro nuestra nuestrosnuestras ournuestro libronuestra mesa nuestros librosnuestras mesas vuestrovuestra vuestrosvuestras yourvuestro librovuestra mesa vuestros librosvuestras mesas su sus your,su libro / mesa theirsus libros / mesas 5

Stressed Possessives More About Expressing Possession Stressed Possessives Forms of the Stressed Possessive Adjectives o/a/os/aso/a/os/as mío/a/os/asmy, (of) minenuestro/a/os/asour, (or) ours o/a/os/aso/a/os/as tuyo/a/os/asyour, (of) yoursvuestro/a/os/asyour, (of) yours o/a/os/aso/a/os/as suyo/a/os/asyour, (of) yours;suyo/a/os/asyour, (of) yours; his, (of) his; their, (of) theirs her, (of) hers; its 6