Avancemos 1Unit 1Lesson 2Describing PeopleDefinite & Indefinite ArticlesNoun/Adjective Agreement
Vocabulario
Vocabulario For each set of vocabulary words on our
list, we’ll ask two questions: ¿Qué sabes?
(What do you already know?) ¿Qué puedes adivinar?
(What can you guess?) Then we’ll work together to fill in the
ones we couldn’t guess.
Personality Traits (14) ¿Cómo eres? artístico(a) atlético(a) bueno(a) cómico(a) desorganizado(a) estudioso(a) inteligente malo(a) organizado(a) perezoso(a) serio(a) simpático(a) trabajador(a)
What are you like? Artistic Athletic Good Funny Disorganized Studious Intelligent Bad Organized Lazy Serious Kind Hard-working
Physical Traits (9) alto(a) bajo(a) bonito(a) grande guapo(a) joven (pl. jóvenes)
pelirrojo(a) pequeño(a) viejo(a)
Tall Short Pretty Big Good-looking /
handsome Young Red-haired Small Old
Articles These four words
mean “the”
El La
Los Las
These two words mean “a”
These two words mean “some”
Un Una
Unos Unas
Hair and Eye Color (8) Tengo... Tiene...
pelo rubio pelo castaño
pelo negro ojos azules ojos castaños ojos verdes
I have… He / She has…
Blonde hair Brown hair Black hair Blue eyes Brown eyes Green eyes
People (6) el amigo/ la amiga el chico / la chica el estudiante / la
estudiante el hombre la mujer la persona
Friend Boy / Girl Student Man Woman Person
Other Words & Phrases (4) muy un poco porque todos (as)
Very A little Because All / Every
Cultural Note: Adjectives Most adjectives in Spanish end in O
when you see them on a vocabulary list or in the dictionary. But the ending can switch to an A or OS or AS depending on the noun that is being described.
Definite & Indefinite Articles
Big Ideas: Nouns Nouns are people, places and things. In Spanish, all nouns are either
masculine or feminine. All nouns are also either singular or
plural depending on how many there are.
Big Ideas: Gender Normally, nouns that end in ‘o’ are
masculine and words that end in ‘a’ are feminine.
If we are talking about a group of people that has males and females, we use the masculine plural version as the default.
Definite Articles When you learn a noun or see it in the
dictionary, it will have a definite article. These words mean “the.”
Masculine
Feminine
Singular EL LA
Plural LOS LAS
Definite Article Practice Are these words masculine or feminine?
Singular or plural?
1. La chica2. Las clases3. El estudiante4. Los amigos
Definite Article Practice Are these words masculine or feminine?
Singular or plural?
1. La chica FEMININE, SINGULAR2. Las clases FEMININE, PLURAL3. El estudiante MASCULINE,
SINGULAR4. Los amigos MASCULINE, PLURAL
Indefinite Articles If you are talking about nouns, you
might use the word “a” or “some” instead. That’s called an indefinite article.
Masculine
Feminine
Singular UN UNA
Plural UNOS UNAS
Article Practice What do these phrases mean?
1. La chica2. Unas clases3. Un estudiante4. Los amigos
Article Practice What do these phrases mean?
1. La chica THE GIRL2. Unas clases SOME CLASSES3. Un estudiante A STUDENT4. Los amigos THE FRIENDS
Noun/Adjective Agreement
Big Ideas: Adjectives Adjectives are words that describe
nouns (big, tall, kind, difficult). In Spanish, we put adjectives AFTER
nouns in a sentence. In Spanish, adjectives have to match the
noun it describes in gender and number.
More Big Ideas: Agreement If an adjective ends in ‘o,’ you can
switch it to an ‘a’ to make it feminine. If an adjective ends in a vowel, you add
an ‘s’ to make it plural. If an adjective ends in a consonant, you
add an ‘es’ to make it plural.
Adjectives So most adjectives in Spanish actually
have 4 versions:
“GOOD” Masculine
Feminine
Singular BUENO BUENA
Plural BUENOS BUENAS
Adjective Practice What do these phrases mean?
1. La chica alta THE TALL GIRL2. Unas clases buenas THE GOOD
CLASSES3. Un estudiante serio A SERIOUS
STUDENT4. Los amigos jóvenes THE YOUNG
FRIENDS
Your Turn How would you say these phrases in
Spanish?
1. The big class2. A tall boy3. Some old men4. The young woman
Your Turn How would you say these phrases in
Spanish?
1. The big class LA CLASE GRANDE2. A tall boy UN CHICO ALTO3. Some old men UNOS HOMBRES
VIEJOS4. The young woman LA MUJER JOVEN
Ser If you want to make a sentence
describing someone with an adjective, you need the verb SER.
SINGULAR FORMS
PLURAL FORMS
Yo SOY Nosotros/as SOMOS
Tú ERES Vosotros/os SOIS
Él/ella/usted ES Ellos/ellas/ustedes SON
Full Sentences Use a form of ser and matching adjectives
to make these sentences.
1. I am big.2. She is tall.3. We are old (m&f).4. The girls are serious.
Full Sentences Use a form of ser and matching adjectives to
make these sentences.
1. I am big. YO SOY GRANDE.2. She is tall. ELLA ES ALTA.3. We are old (m&f). NOSOTROS SOMOS VIEJOS.4. The girls are serious. LAS CHICAS SON
SERIAS.