Para Empezar: Adjectives ¿Y tú, cómo eres? What are you like?

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1 Para Empezar: Adjectives ¿Y tú, cómo eres? What are you like?
What is an adjective? An adjective describes a noun. Artístico/a artistic Atrevido/a daring Bueno/a good Deportista sports-minded

2 Desordenado/a messy Estudioso/a studious Gracioso/a funny Impaciente impatient Inteligente intelligent Ordenado/a neat Paciente patient

3 Perezoso/a lazy Reservado/a reserved,shy Serio/a serious Simpático/a nice, friendly Sociable sociable Talentoso/a talented Trabajador/a hardworking

4 To ask people about themselves or others
¿Cómo eres tú? What are you like? ¿Cómo es él/ ella? What is he/she like? ¿Cómo se llama? What’s his/her name? ¿Eres…? Are you…? ¿Eres bonita? Are you pretty?

5 To talk about what someone likes or doesn’t like
Le gusta… he/she likes… No le gusta… he/she doesn’t like…

6 The verb ser: to be Conjugation of the verb ser in the present tense form. Used to describe someone. Pronouns Ser To be Yo soy I am Tú (informal) eres you are Él/ella/usted* (formal) es he/she is *you are Nosotros/as somos we are Ellos/ellas/ustedes* son they are *ustedes=you all are

7 To tell whom you are talking about
El amigo male friend La amiga female friend El chico the boy La chica the girl La familia the family Yo I Él he Ella she

8 Other useful words A veces sometimes Muy very Pero but
Según according to Según la familia according to my family

9 Word order: Placement of adjectives
In Spanish, adjectives usually come after the noun they describe. Notice how artística follows chica in the Spanish sentence. Sydney es una chica artística. In English, the adjective comes before the noun. Sydney is an artistic girl.

10 Here is a simple pattern you can follow when writing a sentence in Spanish.
Subject Verb article / noun Adj. María es una chica seria. Juan es un chico sociable. Josué no es un chico bueno.

11 To talk about activities
Bailar to dance Cantar to sing Correr to run Dibujar to draw Escribir cuentos to write stories Escuchar música to listen to music Esquiar to ski Hablar por teléfono to talk on the phone

12 Ir a la escuela to go to school
Jugar videojuegos play video games Leer revistas to read magazines Montar en bicicleta to ride a bicycle Montar en monopatín to skateboard Nadar to swim Pasar tiempo con amigos to spend time with friends

13 Patinar to skate Practicar deportes to play sports Tocar la guitarra to play the guitar Trabajar to work Usar la computadora to use the computer Ver la tele to watch television

14 Activity 5 and 6 Write 5 sentences: Soy… 1. Soy muy inteligente.
Write 5 sentences: No soy… 1. No soy simpático. 2. Cognate=cognado= words that are spelled the same and mean the same 25 de agosto del 2016