Roseman Spanish Masculine vs. Feminine, Uno, unas, etc., Adjectives, Intro to Verbs (present tense),
Gender Masculine- most words that end in “-o” El niño, el dormitorio, el cartero Feminine- most words that end it “-a” La hija, la rosa, la guitarra For the most part you just need to memorize the gender when you learn a new word. There are some general trends However, lots of exceptions exist
Definite articles Means “the” in English Show gender and number Masculine: El Los Feminine La Las
Indefinite articles “a”, “an”, “some”, or “a few” Match the gender and number Masculine: uno, unos Feminine: una, unas
Indefinite articles Examples: El taco, querrer (to want) Yo quiero un taco Yo quiero unos tacos El empaste dental, La amalgama (filling), necesitar (to need) Necesita usted un empaste dental Necesita usted unas amalgamas
Adjectives Words that describe nouns Ex. El chico alto (The tall child) The ending of the adjective changes according to gender and number Ex. Los chicos alt os Las chicas alt as
Adjectives Describing physical characteristics alto- tall, bajo- short, grande-big, pequeño- small, bello- beautiful, guapo- handsome, gordo- fat, delgado- thin, largo- long, corto- short (hair), joven- young, viejo- old Dental adjectives doloroso- painful, frío- cold, caliente- hot
Verbs- Present tense Skeleton for conjugating verbs Memorize and it will help you a lot! We will do some practice with it Yo- I Tu- You (informal) Usted, él, ella- You (formal), he, she Nosotros- We Vosotros- You all (informal, uncommon) Ustedes, ellos, ellas- You (all), them
Verbs- Present tense -o -es -e -emos, -imos -éis -ís -en -o -as -a -an -áis -amos -AR VERBS-ER, -IR VERBS
Verbs- Present tense como vivo comes vives come vive comemos vivimos coméis vivís comen viven hablo hablas habla hablan habláis hablamos HablarComer, Vivir