Learn Spanish-And the Adjectives? Where do I put them?- Part I

Learn Spanish-And the Adjectives? Where do I put them?- Part I

Aprendiendo Español- ¿Y Los Adjetivos? ¿Dóndo los Coloco?- Parte I

In this lessons, we will talk about where to place the adjectives. Adjectives that describe a thing or a person are put after the noun.For example:

pan blanco (white bread)
edificios altos (tall buildings)

Adjectives of Quantity are put before the noun. For example:

Hay muchos edificios altos en esta ciudad.( There are a lot of tall buildings in this city.)

muchos: adjective of quantity
altos: adjective that describes the buildings.

Necesito otro carro (coche).
(I need another car)
otro by itself means another or other.

Hay diez sillas y un escritorio.
(There are ten chairs and one desk.)

Up to now, you never thought of having a number and an adjective agree. Well, with these numbers 1, 21, 31, 41,etc.
The number and the noun agree in gender.

veintiún escritorios (twenty-one desks)
treinta y un libros (thirty-one books)
veintiuna sillas (twenty-one chairs)
treinta y una mesas (thirty-one tables)

Interrogative Adjectives

¿Cuánto?¿Cuánta?

¿Cuántos?¿Cuántas?

All go before the noun.

¿Cuánto dinero? (How much money?)

¿Cuántas hermanas? (How many sisters?)

Mucho (a lot of, many) and Poco (few)
mucho and poco can be used as an adjective or an adverb. For example:

Marina trabaja mucho/poco. (Adverb)
(Marina works a lot/little)

Marina tiene muchas primas. (Adjective)
(Marina has a lot of female cousins.)

Hope this video helps you with the beginning of adjectives.Don't worry, we will talk more about adjectives in the next video.
For now, remember that adjectives that describe an animal, thing and person most of the time go after the thing,animal and person you want to
describe.
The adjective of quantity go before the thing, animal or person you want to describe.

Learn Spanish-And the Adjectives? Where do I put them?- Part II

Aprendiendo Español- ¿Y Los Adjetivos? ¿Dóndo los Coloco?- Parte II

In this lessons, we will talk about where to place other adjectives. Remembe, adjectives that describe a thing or a person or an animal are put after the noun.For example:

pan blanco (white bread)
edificios altos (tall buildings)

Let's practice using adjectives. Fill the blanks:

Necesito___________libros.(I need__________books.)



Necesitamos__________ mucho/poco.(We need ____________a lot/a little.)

Choose the right one:

trabajo    trabajar    trabajamos

Now, let's practice using other adjectives:
¿Cómo son? (How are they?)
      ¿Su familia?(Your family?)
Es una familia grande. (It's a big family.)
No, es una familia grande. (It isn't a big family.)

Make sentences using some of these adjectives to describe your family:

interesante (interesting)
importante (important)
trabajadora ( hard-working)
amable (kind, nice)
intelectual (intelectual)

                                      More Adjectives

bueno, buena
malo, mala                All go before the noun.
grande          

When bueno and malo are put before a masculine noun, they become buen and mal.
       un recuerdo bueno ( a good/ pleasant memory)
       un buen recuerdo  (a good/ pleasant memory)
       una niña buena (a good girl)
       una buena niña ( good girl)
When grande appears after a noun, it means large or big. When it appears before a singular noun (masculine or feminine), it means great or impressive.
       una ciudad grande (a big city)
       una gran ciudad (an impressive/ a great city)

       un libro grande (a big book)
       un gran libro (a great book)

Hope this video heps you with the adjectives.Don't worry, we will talk more about adjectives in the near future.
For now, remember that adjectives that describe an animal, thing and person most of the time go after the thing,animal and person you want to describe.
Some adjectives change the meaning of the sentence when they are place after or before the noun.