Using adjectives as nouns SPN II. In English… We do this all the time! For example… – Would you like the green shirt or the blue one? In the sentence.

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1 Using adjectives as nouns SPN II

2 In English… We do this all the time! For example… – Would you like the green shirt or the blue one? In the sentence above, we aren’t repeating what the item is, we are noting the color difference. We do the same thing below: – I tried on the silk pants but I liked the leather ones better.

3 When do you use adjectives as nouns? When you are comparing two similar things, you can avoid repetition by dropping the noun and just use an article with an adjective. Instead of saying: ¿Cuál prefieres, la sudadera apretada o la floja? ADJECTIVES AS NOUNS TRANSLATE TO: “adjective one”. Like, “yellow one”, “loose one”, “ugly one”, “outrageous one”…. “la amarilla”, “el flojo”, “el feo”, “la exagerada”. sudadera

4 Expressions with “de” and demonstrative adjectives -¿Compraste esta chaqueta de lana o una de cuero? - Did you buy this wool jacket or a leather one?

5 Ejemplos Una El Los La El camiseta bolígrafo pantalones revista abrigo de algodón rojo flojos nueva de Juan

6 Práctica- Answer the sentences using adjectives as nouns. Modelo - ¿Prefieres el vestido oscuro o el vestido vivo? - Prefiero el oscuro. 1.¿Compraste el vestido azul o el vestido rojo? 2.¿Te gustan los zapatos blancos o los zapatos azules? 3.¿Para un evento especial, ¿Llevas el traje de lana o el traje de cuero? 4.¿Te gusta la liquidación de Macy’s o la liquidación de Nordstrom? 5.¿Prefieres la blusa apretada o la blusa floja?