1.C Descriptive adjectives
What is a descriptive adjective?
A descriptive adjective is a word that modifies the noun. It has to agree in gender (feminine or masculine) and in number (singular and plural) with the noun that is modifying.
Adjectives follow the nouns that they are describing, while in English the noun follows the adjective.
El coche verde. The green car.
DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVES
Adjectives are words that modify a noun. This descriptive adjectives describe the noun and express the characteristics of nouns.
Click on the following link to see the most common Adjective vocabulary.
As mentioned before, adjectives have to agree with the noun in gender (feminine and masculine) and in number (singular and plural). Let’s look at how the adjectives are sorted by gender;
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FEMININE |
MASCULINE |
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adjective ends in -a or -as La chica guapa Las chicas guapas |
Adjectives that end in -o or -os El chico guapo Los chicos guapos |
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Adjectives that end in -e or -ista Ella es inteligente Ella es idealista |
Adjectives that end in -e or -ista El es inteligente El es idealista |
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Adjectives that end in -dor add an -a Ella es conservadora |
Adjectives that end in -dor El es conservador |
If we look at the table above you will notice that to the adjectives that end in “-a” or “-o” in order to make them plural we just add an “s”. But what about the rest of the adjectives? If the adjective ends in a vowel, all you have to do is add an “s”. If it ends in a consonant, you add “-es”.
Singular ending in vowel: Ella es inteligente. She is intelligent.
Plural ending in vowel: Ellas son inteligentes. They are intelligent.
Singular ending in consonant: El es conductor. He is a driver.
Plural ending in consonant: Ellos son conductores. They are drivers.
(Remember, if you make one word plural the rest of the sentence structure has to do so as well)
Los adjetivos
| Español | Inglés |
| Antipático, antipática | unpleasant |
| Alto, alta | tall |
| Bajo, baja | Short in height |
| Bonito, bonita | pretty |
| Buen, bueno, buena | good |
| Delgado, delgada | thin |
| Difícil | difficult |
| Fácil | Easy |
| Feo, fea | ugly |
| Gordo, gorda | fat |
| grande | big |
| Guapo, guapa | handsome |
| importante | Important |
| Inteligente | Intelligent |
| Interesante | Interesting |
| Joven | Young |
| Mal, malo, mala | Bad |
| Mismo, misma | Same |
| Hermoso, hermosa | Good looking |
| Delgado, delgada | thin |
| fuerte | strong |
| Listo, lista | Smart, clever |
| mayor | Older |
| menor | Minor, yonger |
| Moreno, morena | Brown hair |
| Nervioso, nerviosa | Nervous |
| Nuevo, nueva | New |
| Ocupado, ocupada | Busy |
| Pequeño, pequeña | Small |
| Perezoso, perezosa | Lazy |
| pobre | Poor |
| Preocupado, preocupada | Worried |
| Rico, rica | Rich |
| Rubio, rubia | Blond |
| Serio, seria | Serious |
| Simpático, simpática | Pleasant |
| Tonto, tonta | Silly |
| Trabajador, trabajadora | Hard worker |
| triste | Sad |
| Viejo, vieja | Old |
`Nationalidades- Nationalities
| Alemán / alemana | German |
| Argentino / argentina | Argentine |
| Canadiense | Canadian |
| Costarricense | Costa Rican |
| Cubano / cuabana | Cuban |
| Ecuatoriano / ecuatoriana | Ecuadorian |
| Español / Española | Spanish |
| Estadounidense | American . from the U.S |
| Mexicano / mexcana | Mexican |
| Norteamericano / norteamericana | North American |
| Puertorriqueño / puertorriqueña | Puerto Rican |
| Francés / Francesa | French |
| Inglés / Inglesa | English |
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