ADJECTIVES
Contento = Happy (Glad) Triste = sad
Fuerte = Strong Debil = weak
Alto = high/tall (people and things) Bajo = short/low
Grande = Big Peque ño = small/little
R ápido = fast Lento = slow
Interesante = Interesting Aburrido = boring
Guapo = handsome/pretty Feo = ugly (things/people)
Bonito = pretty/beautiful (for things)
Agradable = nice/agreeable Desagradable = Disgusting
Simp ático = nice/funny Antip ático = Antipathic/rude
Gordo = Fat Delgado = thin/slim
Rico = rich Pobre = poor
Enfermo = ill/sick Sano = healthy
Caro = expensive Barato = cheap
Ligero = light Pesado = heavy
Fácil = easy Difícil = difficult
Sencillo = easy Complicado = Complicated
Lleno = full Vacío = empty
Largo = long Corto = short
Listo = clever Tonto = fool/silly
Inteligente = intelligent
Claro = clear/light Oscuro = dark
Nuevo = New Viejo = old
We have seen already how the adjectives go after the name ( casa roja = right / roja casa =
wrong). This will always be like this except with this 2 exceptions;
-In literary works, songs and poetry they use the adjectives first as an accepted resource, but it
will be strange if we use in conversation lines taken from Don Quijote.
-With the adjectives Bueno = Good Malo = bad Nuevo= new (this can go before or after)
the correct way is to put them first if they don't go with any adverb.
Es un buen libro = It's a good book Es una mala película = It's a bad movie
Es un libro muy bueno= It's a very good book
When we add muy (very) is better to put the adjective "bueno" in the end because the phrase
sounds more natural.
Notice how the masculine loses the O. Buen libro, Mal libro.
PRACTICAL PART
Here are some phrases, some of these words we have seen, some of them are new. Write the
new ones in your notebook and notice how your vocabulary grows.
Hola, buenos días. Me llamo Jorge, tengo veintiocho años . Me gustan las películas de acción.
También me gusta conocer gente de paises diferentes. Puedo hablar inglés y español .
Tengo que hablar con tu amigo Antonio, es muy importante. Mi coche está en su casa y no quiero
ir en bus al trabajo.
El lunes hay una fiesta en casa de Mar ía. Me gusta María, es muy divertida, tambien es muy
guapa. Pero hay un problema, ella no me conoce. No puedo hablar con ella... no es fácil hablar con
una chica así.
¡ Hola Sergio ! Estoy en Washington. Me gusta la casa blanca. En el restaurante hay pollo con
tomate.
Tengo veintiocho a ños = I am 28 years old (In spanish you "have" these 28 years)
De = of tambi én = also/too gente = people (in spanish people is singular) la gente es
Agradable (instead of la gente son ) Que = what/that (we will study this word later) Muy =
very IR = the verb TO GO in infinitive AL = contraction of A EL (to the) Trabajo = work
(verb and action) EN= IN EL LUNES= ON MONDAY HAY= there is/there are
Me conoce= knows me (we will see this later)
Don't worry if you didn't understand most of the text, right now we are only building our
vocabulary.
When we have A + EL or DE + EL we contract into AL and DEL. Remember it.
