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2.7: Vocabulario- Colores, algunos adjetivos

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    • Erica Brown, Alejandra Escudero, María Cristina Montoya, & Elizabeth Small
    • SUNY Oneonta via OER SUNY
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    Adjectives

    An adjective modifies a noun; that is, it provides more detail about a noun or pronoun. It might provide a color:

    • the ball
    • the red ball

    or a description:

    • the house
    • the magnificent house
    • the house is magnificent (adjective following the linking verb “is”)

    Note: adjectives only modify nouns or pronouns. To modify verbs, we use adverbs. Compare:

    • You speak well. (adverb modifying the verb speak)
    • That was a good speech. (adjective modifying the noun speech)

    We’ll get to Spanish adverbs in later chapters. For more about adjectives and adverbs in English, you can visit the style guide here.

    As we’ll see, adjectives in Spanish behave slightly differently from those in English. First, they’re often placed after the noun they modify: the white house, la casa blanca. Also, the endings of adjectives have to match the gender and number of the noun: casa blanca, el libro blanco, los libros blancos, casas blancas. We’ll get to all that in the pages ahead!

    Objetivos

    • Identify the color of things

    Vocabulario: descripciones

    biomuseo.jpg
    Biomuseo, Panamá

     Los colores

    red rojo
    yellow amarillo
    blue azul
    green verde
    purple morado
    orange anaranjado
    pink rosado
    white blanco
    black negro
    brown marrón
    gray gris
    dark blue azul oscuro
    light blue azul claro
    light claro (clear or light)
    dark oscuro (dark)
    colorful-300x300.jpg colorido (colorful)
    colorless-300x300.jpg descolorido (colorless)
    dull-300x300.jpg opaco (dull, opaque)

    Algunos adjetivos:

    interesante (interesting)

    inteligente

    importante

    grande (big)

    amable (nice)

    feliz (happy)

    alegre (joyful)

    fácil (easy)

    difícil (difficult)

    paciente/ impaciente

    idealista/realista

    optimista/pesimista

    sociable

    egoísta (selfish)

     

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    Los colores

    • rojo (red)
    • amarillo (yellow)
    • azul (blue)
    • verde (green)
    • morado (purple)
    • anaranjado (orange)
    • rosado (pink)
    • blanco (white)
    • negro (black)
    • marrón (brown)
    • gris (gray)
    • azul oscuro (dark blue)
    • azul claro (light blue)
    • claro (clear or light)
    • oscuro (dark)
    • colorido (colorful)
    • descolorido (colorless)
    • opaco (dull, opaque)

    Algunos adjetivos:

    • interesante (interesting)
    • inteligente (intelligent)
    • importante (important)
    • grande (big)
    • amable (nice)
    • feliz (happy)
    • alegre (joyful)
    • fácil (easy)
    • difícil (difficult)
    • paciente/ impaciente (patient/impatient)
    • idealista/realista (idealistic/realistic)
    • optimista/pesimista (optimistic/pessimistic)
    • sociable (sociable)
    • egoísta (selfish)

     

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