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| Adjective endings: -e or a consonant |
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original, original
-es, -es |
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| Adjective endings: nationality with -a, -i', -u' |
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original, original
-es, -es |
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| Adjective endings: -dor, -o'n, -a'n |
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| Adjective placement: inherent characteristics (no new information) |
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before noun
(la blanca nieve) |
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| Adjective placement: subjective judgment |
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before noun
la enorme selva, el peor libro, una buena comida |
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| Adjective placement: quantity |
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before noun
muchas ideas, alguna farmacia |
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| Adjective placement: adjective is modified by adverb like mas, tan, muy |
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after noun
Prepararon una comida muy buena |
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| Adjective forms: bueno, malo, primero, tercero, uno, alguno, ninguno |
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Lose their -o before a masculine singular noun
(algun and ningun get accents.) |
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| Adjective forms: grande, cualquiera |
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| shorten to gran and cualquier before any singular noun |
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shortens to San before masculine saints' names except if they begin with To- and Do-
(Santo Tomas, San Juan) |
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| Adjective meaning: antiguo |
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before: former
after: ancient |
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| Adjective meaning: cierto |
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before: certain
after: sure |
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before: another
after: new |
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before: same
after: itself |
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before: unfortunate
after: low on cash |
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| Adjective meaning: grande |
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before: terrific (remember it shortens to gran)
after: huge |
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| Adjective meaning: diferentes |
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before: various
after: different |
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before: half
after: average |
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before: only
after: pure (clean) |
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| Adjective meaning: simple |
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before: only
after: simple |
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| Adjective meaning: cualquiera |
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before: any and every
after: any one; it doesn't matter |
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before: only
after: unique |
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| Adjective endings: nationality with consonant |
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original, -a
-es, -as
(and drop the accent on the last syllable) |
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| Adjective forms: an adjective modifying 2 plural nouns of same gender |
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| Adjective forms: an adjective modifying different-gender nouns (singular or plural) |
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| Adjective forms: nouns used as adjectives |
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| usually do not agree in gender and number (la luz piloto) |
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| Adjective forms: nouns frequently used as adjectives |
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do agree with the noun
(zapatos marrones) |
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| Adjective placement: no y |
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After the noun
The adjective you want to emphasize comes last |
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| Adjective placement: no y, one of the adjectives usually precedes the noun |
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That adjective is placed before the noun, the other is placed after.
(cierto pais europeo) |
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| Adjective use: past participle |
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positions of people or objects
(in English we use present participle:
todos estan sentados; everyone is sitting) |
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| Adjective use: nominalization of adjectives |
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Can use adjectives as nouns if their noun is absent:
me gusta la roja = I like the red (one) |
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| Comparisons: "bueno" and "malo" |
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mejor (not mas bueno)
peor (not mas malo) |
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| Comparisons: "grande" and "pequeno" referring to age |
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mayor (not mas grande)
menor (not mas pequeno) |
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same as adjectives:
ella contesta tan cortesmente como el |
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| Comparisons: "tan" with nouns and verbs |
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tanto for verbs
tant -o, -a, -os, -as for nouns |
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que + subject pronoun (yo, tu...)
if the pronoun is the direct or indirect object:
que + a+ stressed pronoun (mi, ti...) |
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used instead of "anything, anyone"
(e.g. es dificil, mas que nada) |
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| Comparisons: standard for comparison |
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use "de lo que" instead of "que"
(e.g. es menos interesante de lo que yo me imaginaba) |
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| Comparisons: el que, la que, los que, las que |
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use "de" instead of "que"
(e.g. necesito mas plata de la que me prestaste) |
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| Comparisons: superlatives |
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el/la + mas + adjective (+ de + others)
(e.g. este clase es la mejor de la universidad) |
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| Comparisons: superlative: -isimo |
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