ADJETIVOS COMPARATIVOS Y SUPERLATIVOS

1. Los adjetivos
En Inglés
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2. Los adjetivos:
 Adjectives: Words that
modify nouns
 En español, most
adjectives have either
two or four forms
 When using adjectives in
Spanish, one must
always consider
PLACEMENT and
AGREEMENT.
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3. PLACEMENT OF ADJECTIVES
1. Restrictive adjectives
• placed in front of the noun
2. Descriptive adjectives
• placed after the noun
3. Nouns used as adjectives
• placed after the noun and
separated by the word “de”
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4. Exceptions to the rule…:
The adjectives good (bueno) and
bad (malo) are descriptive
adjectives but are generally placed
in front of the nouns they modify.
Also adjectives that reflect an
inherent quality of the noun
(cold ice) are also placed in front of
the noun.
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5. ADJECTIVE AGREEMENT:
If an adjective ends in O, A, OS or
AS then it will have four forms and
the form that you use in any given
sentence must agree with the noun
that it modifies.
alto (m/s) alta (f/s)
altos (m/p) altas (f/p)
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6. ADJECTIVE AGREEMENT:
If an adjective ends in
something other than O, A, OS
or AS, then it will have only two
forms – singular and plural.
grande (s) grandes (p)
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7. EJEMPLOS:
the big backpack
la mochila grande
a white book
un libro blanco
three Spanish notebooks
tres cuadernos de español
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8. EJERCICIOS
:
• some school backpacks
• a big desk
• five English books
• two Spanish dictionaries
• a big notebook
• four new pencils
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9. PRACTICA
• unos bolígrafos de colegio
• un escritorio grande
• cinco libros de inglés
• dos diccionarios de español
• un cuaderno grande
• cuatro lápices nuevos
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10. PRACTICA
• unos bolígrafos de colegio
• un escritorio grande
• cinco libros de inglés
• dos diccionarios de español
• un cuaderno grande
• cuatro lápices nuevos
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