¿Cómo eres? (What are you like?) Soy... Tengo... ¿Cómo es? Es... (What is he / she / it like? What are you formal like?) Es... Tiene...

DESCRIBING MY EYES: los ojos ¿De qué color son tus ojos? (What color are your eyes?) Tener = to have Tengo = I have TENGO LOS OJOS AZULES = I HAVE BLUE EYES TENGO LOS OJOS MARRONES / TENGO LOS OJOS CASTAÑOS = I HAVE BROWN EYES TENGO LOS OJOS VERDES = I HAVE GREEN EYES TENGO LOS OJOS AVELLANOS = I HAVE HAZEL EYES

THERE IS ANOTHER WAY TO DESCRIBE YOUR EYES IN SPANISH. MIS OJOS SON AZULES = MY EYES ARE BLUE VERDES MARRONES CASTAÑOS AVELLANOS GRISES

TENGO LOS OJOS AZULES = I HAVE BLUE EYES DID YOU NOTICE ANYTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT THE COLOR WORDS IN SPANISH WHEN DESCRIBING EYES? LOOK AGAIN AT THESE TWO EXAMPLES… TENGO LOS OJOS AZULES = I HAVE BLUE EYES MIS OJOS SON MARRONES = MY EYES ARE BROWN When describing eye color the color is ALWAYS masculine and plural, because you have two eyes, and the word for eyes (los ojos) is masculine and plural.

¿De qué color es tu pelo? (What color is your hair?) “DESCRIBING MY HAIR”: EL PELO ¿De qué color es tu pelo? (What color is your hair?) TENGO EL PELO RUBIO = I HAVE BLOND HAIR SOY RUBIO(A) = I’M BLOND TENGO EL PELO CASTAÑO = I HAVE BROWN HAIR SOY CASTAÑO(A) = I’M BRUNETTE TENGO EL PELO MORRENO = I HAVE BLACK HAIR SOY MORRENO(A) = I’M DARK HAIRED AND SKINNED TENGO EL PELO PELIRROJO = I HAVE RED HAIR SOY PELIRROJO(A) = I’M RED HAIRED (HEADED) TENGO EL PELO OSCURO = I HAVE DARK HAIR

¿De qué color es tu pelo? TENGO EL PELO ... (RUBIO) (CASTAÑO) (PELLIROJO) (MORRENO) (NEGRO) (GRIS) The color is ALWAYS masculine because you are describing the hair, which is masucline. SOY ... (RUBIO / A) (CASTAÑO / A) (PELLIROJO / A) (MORRENO / A) (NEGRO / A) (GRIS) The color changes (masculine or feminine) because you are describing the person.

TENGO EL PELO LARGO= I HAVE LONG HAIR TENGO EL PELO RIZADO = I HAVE CURLY HAIR TENGO EL PELO CORTO= I HAVE SHORT HAIR TENGO EL PELO DE MEDIO CORTO= I HAVE MEDIUM LENGTH HAIR TENGO EL PELO LACIO = I HAVE STRAIGHT HAIR SOY CALVO = I’M BALD

= TENGO LOS OJOS VERDES Y EL PELO CASTAÑO Y CORTO When DESCRIBING YOURSELF, THE WORDS FOR EYE COLOR, HAIR COLORS AND STYLES CAN BE COMBINED IN ONE SENTENCE. TENGO LOS OJOS VERDES Y EL PELO CASTAÑO Y CORTO = I HAVE GREEN EYES AND SHORT, BROWN HAIR.

TO DESCRIBE ANOTHER PERSON’S HAIR / EYES YOU CAN USE…. TIENE los ojos marrones y el pelo castaño y corto. OR ES castaño. TIENE los ojos marrones y el pelo corto. TIENE = HE HAS / SHE HAS / YOU FORMAL HAVE ES = HE IS / SHE IS / YOU FORMAL ARE

1.Tengo el pelo negro y largo *COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE RIGHT ADJECTIVE TO DESCRIBE EYES AND HAIR- Look at the example 1.Tengo el pelo negro y largo The next two slide present hair descriptors. I have always used gestures for teaching hair as you can elicit the language you want to practise with them very quickly and easily if you do. Works v well for corto, largo, liso, rizado, ondulado, al rape 2.Tengo el pelo rubio y largo Tengo el pelo pelirrojo y largo

Tengo ……. castaño y corto Tengo el pelo ….. y ……. Tengo ……. castaño y corto Tengo el pelo pelirrojo, ……. y …………

Más vocabulario What color are your eyes? What color is your hair? What color are his/ her eyes? What color are ____’s eyes? What color is his / her hair? What color is ____’s hair? ¿De qué color son tus ojos? ¿De qué color es tu pelo? ¿De qué color son sus ojos? ¿De qué color son los ojos de ___? ¿De qué color es su pelo? ¿De qué color es el pelo de ___? Learning homework as appropriate – can be tested following week.