Gramtica

A few notes about grammar

Make sure you

are studying at
least 20 minutes
a night!

Adjectives
Adjectives modify nouns
Adjectives are description words for: people, places, things, or ideas
Adjectives are typically placed after the noun
The exception to this rule is quantity- they are placed before noun
Which adjectives do you know, besides numbers, that are

quantitative?

Adjectives

Adjectives must agree in quantity (singular or plural) and gender (masculine or feminine)

(Weve already gone over this- you should have the notes for it already. This is
just review)

Key:

Sentence in
English
Qualitative
adjective I have a red car

Spanish
Translation

Rules in context

Yo tengo un carro
rojo

Singular/Masculine/
Qualitative
adjective after
noun

T tienes muchas
amigas guapas

Plural/Feminine/Qu
antitative adjective
before
noun/Qualititative
adjective after
noun

We read good
books

Nosotros leemos
libros buenos

Plural/Masculine/Qu
alitative adjective
after noun

They eat many

good hamburgers

Ellos comen
muchas

Plural/Feminine/Qu
antitative adjective

Quantitativ
e adjective
You have many
Noun
good looking
friends (all
females)

Contractions
We only have 2

contractions in Spanish:

a + el = al
de + el = del
a- at/to
de- of/from
el- the

Every time you have the word

a or de in a Sentence and
the word el (article for
singular/masculine noun)
comes immediately after, you
have to make the contraction.

Yo llego a el colegio a

las siete
Yo llego
al colegio a las siete.

el colegio is the noun

in the sentence.

Contractions
Another example:

Yo salgo de el colegio a las dos y cuarto de la

tarde

Yo salgo del colegio a las dos y cuarto de la

tarde

Unlike contractions in English, the 2

contractions in Spanish are not
voluntary. You must use them!

Cohesive Devices
You must use cohesive devices to make

your sentences flow.

We use them in English,

They are equally important in Spanish
You already have a few: y, o,

tambin, tampoco, pero

If you look at your rubric, you will notice

you are graded on your use of cohesive

devices

Cohesive Devices
Spanish
Primero
Finalmente
Entonces
Prximo
Luego
Antes/ Antes de

English
First
Finally
Then
Next
Later
Beforehand/
Before
Despus/ Despus Afterward/ After

Cohesive Devices in Context

Mi madre tiene los ojos castaos. Yo tengo los

ojos castaos tambin. (My mother has hazel

eyes. I have hazel eyes also.)

Yo estudio despus del colegio.(I study after

school.) Also, notice the use the the de + el contraction

del

Primero, yo hago la tarea. Entonces, me bao.

(First, I do homework. Then, I bathe.)

No me gusta la pelcula. No me gusta

tampoco. (I do not like the movie. I do not like

it either)