Adjective to describe personal

characteristics

These would use the verb SER (to be)

Soy, Eres, Es, Somos, (Sois), Son

Remember:

Adjectives that end in “O” have 4 forms.Adjs that end in a consonant or a vowel only have 2 forms.

Exceptions: Nationalities & Words that end in “án, ón, ín, or dor”

also have 4 forms

Remember:

Possessive adjectives agree with the noun not the person.

His friends = Sus amigos Their friend = Su amigo

Remember:

Demonstrative adjectives:This and These have “t”s

(este, esta, estos, estas)That and Those don’t

(ese, esa, esos, esas)And if it’s far away, use the word that begins with “a”

(aquel, aquella, aquellos, aquellas)

tall

alto, alta, altos, altas

friendly

amigable, amigablesEnds in a vowel = 2 forms only

artistic

artístico, artística, artísticos, artísticas

daring

atrevido, atrevida, atrevidos, atrevidas

lazy person

holgazán, holgazana, holgazanes, holgazanasends in “án” = exception

and has 4 forms

this (m.)

este

short

bajo, baja, bajos, bajas

my

mi, misNOTE: Singular/Plural agrees with the noun

NOT the person:Mi perro y MIS gatos

pretty

bonito, bonita, bonitos, bonitas

sporty, sports-loving

deportista, deportistasends in “ista” = has 2 forms only

this (f.)

esta

unorganized

desordenado, desordenada, desordenados, desordenadas

studious

estudioso, estudiosa, estudiosos, estudiosas

glutton

comelón, comelona, comelones, comelonasends in “ón” = exception

has 4 forms

your

tu, tusNOTE: Singular/Plural agrees with the noun

NOT the persontu carro

tus carros

famous

famoso, famosa, famosos, famosas

funny, cute

gracioso, graciosa, graciosos, graciosas

These (m)

estos

handsome, good-looking

guapo, guapa, guapos, guapas

beautiful

hermoso, hermosa, hermosos, hermosas

his, her, your (formal)

su, susNOTE: Singular/Plural agrees with the noun

NOT the personHis friend = su amigo

His friends = sus amigos

impatient

impaciente, impacientesends with a vowel = 2 forms only

these (f.)

estas

inseparable, close

inseparable, inseparablesends with a vowel = 2 forms only

German

alemán, alemana, alemanes, alemanasends in “án” = exception

has 4 forms

intelligent

inteligente, inteligentes

young

joven, jóvenesends in a consonant (and isn’t an exception)

has 2 forms onlyREMEMBER the pronunciation rules

our

nuestro, nuestra, nuestros, nuestras

older (person)

mayor, mayoresends in a consonant and isn’t an exception

has 2 forms only

those (m)

esos

negative

negativo, negativa, negativos, negativas

optimist

optimista, optimistasends in “ista”

has 2 forms only

organized

ordenado, ordenada, ordenados, ordenadas

their

su, susNOTE: Singular/Plural agrees with the noun

NOT the personTheir paper: Su papel

Their papers: Sus papeles

those (f.)

esas

French

francés, francesa, franceses, francesasends in a consonant but it’s a nationality

has 4 forms

patient

paciente, pacientes

lazy

perezoso, perezosa, perezosos, perezosas

that (m.)

ese

pessimist

pesimista, pesimistas

positive

positivo, positiva, positivos, positivas

shy, timid

tímido, tímida, tímidos, tímidas

that (f.)

esa

shy, reserved

reservado, reservada, reservados, reservadas

serious

serio, seria, serios, serias

those far away (f.)

aquellas

nice, charming

simpático, simpática, simpáticos, simpáticas

sociable

sociable, sociables

blabbermouth

parlanchín, parlanchina, parlanchines, parlanchinas

ends in “ín” = exceptionhas 4 forms

that far away (m.)

aquel

talented

talentoso, talentosa, talentosos, talentosas

dumb, silly

tonto, tonta, tontos, tontas

clumsy

torpe, torpes

that far away (f.)

aquella

hard-worker

trabajador, trabajadora, trabajadores, trabajadorasends in “dor” = exception

has 4 forms

old looking, old things

viejo, vieja, viejos, viejas

ugly

feo, fea, feos, feas

those far away (m.)

aquellos

Describe yourself

Yo soy…

Describe a friend

Mi amigo es…

Describe a friend and yourself

Mi amigo y yo somos…

Ask someone what they are like

¿Cómo eres (tú)?