¿Cómo estás (tú)?¿Cómo estás (tú)?

¿Cómo eres (tú)?¿Cómo eres (tú)?

¿Cómo eres (tú)?¿Cómo eres (tú)?

(yo) Soy…(yo) Soy…

¿Cómo es (ella)?¿Cómo es (ella)?

(ella) Es…(ella) Es…

¿Cómo son (uds.)?¿Cómo son (uds.)?

(nosotros) (nosotros) Somos…Somos…

los adjetivoslos adjetivos

uso adjetivos para describiruso adjetivos para describir

WhatWhat’’s to know?s to know?

Masculine and feminine nouns and adjectives.Masculine and feminine nouns and adjectives.

Agreement in number.Agreement in number.

Spanish uses nouns that Spanish uses nouns that are either feminine or are either feminine or

masculine.masculine.

The nouns also change to The nouns also change to be singular and plural.be singular and plural.

(number)(number)

The end of a noun usually The end of a noun usually signifies the gender.signifies the gender.

-a -o

female male

The The ““ss”” at the end shows at the end shows a plural noun.a plural noun.

-as -os

Feminine plural

Masculine plural

In Spanish the adjective agrees with the noun it describes in gender.

The adjective The adjective bonitobonito will change to will change to bonitabonita when used to describe a when used to describe a nounnoun which is feminine.which is feminine.

elel vestid vestidoo bonit bonitoo

lala camiset camisetaa bonit bonitaa

In Spanish the adjective agrees with the noun it describes in number.

The adjective The adjective alto/aalto/a will will change to change to altos/asaltos/as when when used to describe more used to describe more than one noun.than one noun.

plural forms (+1):plural forms (+1): loslos amig amigosos alt altosos laslas casas alt casas altasas

singular forms (1):singular forms (1): elel amig amigoo alt altoo lala cas casaa alt altaa

Examples:

Juan es alto.

Pedro es tonto.

Gloria es delgada

Rosa y Andy son inteligentes.

When both masculine and feminine nouns When both masculine and feminine nouns are described by one adjective the are described by one adjective the masculinemasculine

form is used.form is used.

Juan es alto.Juan es alto. Julia es alta.Julia es alta. Juan y Julia son altJuan y Julia son altosos..

El abuelo

es

simpático y viejo.

La abuela

es

simpática

y vieja.

Los abuel son simpátic

y viej

os os

os

altos

alta

bajo

bonitabonitos

¡INTENTALO!¡INTENTALO!

Ramón es _______.

Gloria es _______.

Los amigos son

________.

Jorge es ______.

bajo

guapo

rubia

buenos

guapo

rubia

buenos

bajo