Modulo III

DESCRIPCIONES¿Cómo eres?

Empezar

Vocabulary: describing physical appeareance

Pronouns

Adjectives

ÍNDICE

Vocabulary: describing personality

Verb to be

Topics for the Exam

PRONOUNS

We use pronouns to avoid repetition in a sentence. For example: Sarah is my best friend. Sarah is amazing. Sarah is my best friend. She is amazing

It sounds repetitive, so we change Sarah -> She.

We do the same in Spanish: Sarah es mi mejor amiga. Sarah es increíble. Sarah is my mejor amiga. Ella es increíble.

PRONOUNS IN SPANISH

VERB TO BE

We use verb BE to describe characteristics. In spanish the verb is SER and it is irregular. We must memorize it. In this unit we used it to describe people.

ADJECTIVES

We use the verb SER before the adjective.

Adjectives are describing words. We use them to describe nouns (things, people, places, objects, etc).

He is serious.

She is blonde.

Él es serio.

Ella es rubia.

serio = serious

Rubia = blond

CONCORDANCIA

There is something called "concordancia" (agreement in English). It means that in Spanish, we have to match the gender and number of nouns with adjectives.

They are serious.

They are blonde.

Ellos son serios.

Ellas son rubias.

Rubia = blond

Rubia = blond

CONCORDANCIA

To make the agreement in adjectives, we need to match GENDER AND NUMBER. We take as a base MASCULINE SINGULAR NOUNS (that finish in O)

For example: SERIO (which. means serious)

If the adjective ends in E, then we don't need to change it for masculine or singular. Fuerte = strong We add an S for plurals.Fuerte = fuertes

Describing personality

To describe personality, we use the verb SER and we add the adjective (please remember agreement)

Here you have some adjectives. You can find more in the next slide.

Describing personality

Describing physical appeareance

To describe physical appeareance, we can use three verbs.

LLEVAR= to wear to describe details like hair styles or beard.

TENER= to have to describe hair, eyes, some features

SER = to be with adjectives like tall, short, blond, etc.

Llevar is used in Spain. In Latin America the common is to use TENER.

SER

TENER

EL CABELLO / EL PELO

LOS OJOS

LLEVAR

collar

aretes pendientes

TOPICS FOR THE TEST

The topics for the test will be the following:

Adjectives of personality (pages 10 - 11)

Verb be: SEE IT HERE

Pronouns: SEE THEM HERE

Adjectives of appeareance: alto, bajo...

Description of eyes: tener los ojos ...

Description of hair: tener el pelo ...

You can find all the information in this presentation.