Los Adjetivos en Español | Spanish Adjectives for Beginners

In this lesson, we are going to be learning about adjectives, or words that describe nouns. Adjectives are important words to learn because language is how we express ourselves. Descriptive words help us accomplish that very goal, express. There are a few grammatical differences between how English and Spanish adjectives are used. Probably, the first big difference is that in Spanish, adjectives come after the noun, For example, rather than saying el bueno perro, the good dog, we would say el perro bueno. The adjective follows the noun. Another thing to note is that adjectives must agree with the noun in gender. For example, in the sentence, el perro gracioso, the ending of gracioso ends with an O because perro is masculine. However, if we have a feminine noun such as fresa, we would change the ending of graciosa to an A in that sentence, so the adjective and the noun would agree in gender. In other words, the ending of the adjective changed when the noun switched from feminine to masculine. However, with that being said, not all adjectives change based on gender. For example, let's take a look at the two sentences, la gente amable, the nice people, and el hombre amable, the nice man. Although gente is feminine and hombre is masculine, the adjective amable stays the same. In general, these adjectives that don't change gender forms are adjectives that do not end in O or A. Lastly, despite not all adjectives agreeing with gender, all adjectives must agree with plural or singular forms of the noun. So, for example, although the adjective amable does not change based on gender, it still changes based on plural or singular forms. So, for example, the noun gente is singular because there is not an S at the end, so the sentence reads la gente amable. However, if we interchange the subject pronoun ellos in place of gente, we would say ellos son amables. We would add an S at the end of amable to make it plural, and so it would agree with the noun. All right, now let's learn some adjectives, and then we will practice them with these new rules we just learned. I will indicate the adjectives that will change based on gender with an O slash A at the end. The other ones will stay the same regardless of the subject's gender. Okay, now repeat the words after me to practice speaking. Tired is Good is Bad is Big is Small is Goofy is Serious is And kind is All right, now before we move on to our activity, let's review our rules one last time. Remember, adjectives come after the noun rather than before. Some adjectives, although not all, must agree with the gender of the noun. And lastly, all adjectives must agree with plural and singular forms of the noun. Keep these rules in mind as we move on to our activity. In this activity, we're going to practice using the new adjectives and rules we learned to form simple phrases. Let's walk through a simple question together so we can see how this activity will work. A phrase in English will flash up on the screen and ask you to translate it to Spanish. So, for example, we need to translate the phrase, the goofy dog. First, we need to refer back to our animales lecture to find the word for dog. Once we decide that the word is perro, we also need to match it with an article. Because it is the dog and not any dog, the article is definite. Also, because perro is masculine and singular, we can choose the article el. Lastly, we need to find the translation of goofy, gracioso, that agrees with dog. Because perro is masculine and singular, we can use the adjective gracioso that does not have an s at the end and ends with an o. Remember that the adjective needs to go after the noun and not before like it does in English. So our sentence would be el perro gracioso. All right, now let's get started. Feel free to pause the video if you need more time to formulate an answer. How would you say the organized cat? If you said el gato ordenado, you are correct. How would you say the ugly fish? If you said el pescado feo, you are correct. How would you say the small strawberries? If you said las fresas pequeñas, you are correct. How would you say the big elephant? If you said el elefante grande, you are correct. How would you say the tired monkey? If you said el mono cansado, you are correct. How would you say the lazy fishes? If you said los pescados perezosos, you are correct. How would you say the serious horse? If you said el caballo serio, you are correct. How would you say the bad dog? If you said el perro malo, you are correct. How would you say the kind rabbit? If you said el conejo amable, you are correct. How would you say the lovely butterflies? If you said las mariposas lindas, you are correct. Good job. You have now completed this activity.