Quasimodo

Get vocab sheet 5 and 6 from the front. Using your textbooks fill out ONLY the

ADJETIVOS sections. You can ignore the rest for right now.

Please WAIT to hand in your essays until I tell you to later in class.

Comments:

Adjetivos en español

Every noun in Spanish has both GENDER and NUMBER. You must be sure that the adjective paired up with each noun MATCH both GENDER and NUMBER with the noun they are working with.

Adjectives typically come AFTER the noun they are describing.

Adjetivos con SER

The C of DOCTOR: CHARACTERISTICS Use adjectives with SER to describe

personality and physical characteristics that are part of what make up the person (essential qualities)

EXAMPLES: Soy alto. Ella es feliz. Ellos son morenos.

Ajetivos con ESTAR:

The C of PLACE: CONDITION The E of PLACE: EMOTIONS Use adjectives with ESTAR to describe

how someone is feeling right now or a temporary condition of a person/thing.

EXAMPLES: Estoy feliz. Estás enojado. Estamos preocupados.

SER vs. ESTAR: Ajetivos

Some adjectives change meaning based on if they are used with SER or ESTAR.

With SER they are a personality or physical characteristic that is more or less unchanging.

With ESTAR they are used as emotions or conditions that could change over time.

Ejemplos:

Aburrido SER: to be boring ESTAR: to be bored

Listo SER: to be smart ESTAR: to be ready

Malo SER: to be bad ESTAR: to be sick

Orgulloso

SER: to be conceited/vain

ESTAR: to be proud Moreno

SER: to be dark skinned

ESTAR: to be tan

Ejemplos:

Pálido SER: to be pale

skinned ESTAR: to be pale

Rico SER: to be rich ESTAR: to be tasty

Seguro SER: to be safe ESTAR: to be sure

Verde SER: to be green ESTAR: to be unripe

Viejo SER: to be old ESTAR: to look old

Roto SER: to be broken

beyond repair ESTAR: to be broken

but still fixable

Your mini-essays

Are you confident that you have all of the adjectives matched and used correctly?

You may have one more night to finalize any corrections you would like to make

Essays must be handed in TOMORROW in class or else submitted to me online.

Tarea:

Find a picture of yourself and a friend. Describe:

What you and your friend are like: personality and physical characteristics

Where you are located in the photo: location & position

How you are feeling the the photo: emotions

What you are doing in the photo: Action (PP)