Palabras y expresiones:
Audición --- Audition
Auditorio --- Auditórium
Bilingüe --- Bilingual
Conocimiento --- Knowledge
Enriquecer --- To enrich
Estrella --- Star
Gran --- Great
Hacer un tour --- To take a tour
Oportunidad --- oportunity, chance
País --- Country, nation
Al contrario --- On the contrary
Ni…ni --- neither … nor: ni alto ni bajo, es normal.
Pero --- but
También --- also: Carlos es alto. También es muy fuerte.
Muy --- very
Tag questions:
¿Verdad? --- isn’t that so? “No es cómico, ¿Verdad?”
¿no? --- isn’t that so? “Es muy inteligente, ¿no?”
Descripción de personalidad – carácter - :
Cómico/a --- Funny
Gracioso/a --- Funny
Desorganizado/a --- Disorganized
Organizado/a ---organized
Estudioso/a --- Studious
Exigente --- Demanding
Extrovertido/a --- Outgoing, Extroverted
Tímido/a --- shy, timid
Generoso/a --- generous
Inteligente --- intelligent
Interesante --- Interesting
Modesto/a --- Modest
Nervioso/a --- Nervous
Tranquilo/a --- calm, tranquil
Popular --- popular
Precioso/a --- precious
Romántico/a --- romantic
Simpático/a --- nice, charming
Tonto/a --- foolish, silly
Descripción Fisica:
Alto/a --- Tall
Bajo/a --- Short
Bonito/a --- Pretty
Guapo/a --- Pretty
Feo/a --- Ugly
Gordo/a --- fat
Flaco/a --- Thin
Delgado/a --- Thin
Grande --- big
Fuerte --- strong
Atletico/a --- Athletic
Deportista --- Sportsman/woman
Elegante --- Elegant
Mediano/a --- medium
Moreno/a --- Dark hair
Pelirrojo/a --- redhair
Rubio/a --- Blond
Castaño/a --- Brown hair
GENDER OF NOUNS:
A noun is a word that names a person, animal, thing, event or concept and in Spanish all nouns have a gender. They are either masculine (masculino) and they end in -o or feminine (femenino) and they end in –a. Most nouns that refer to male people or male animals are masculine. Most nouns that refer to female people or female animals are feminine:
La amiga ---------- El amigo
La chica ---------- El chico
La directora ---------- El director
La madre ---------- El padre
La profesora ---------- El profesor
La papelera ---------- El papel
La mochila ---------- El lápiz
La hija ---------- El hijo
La doctora ---------- El doctor
La goma ---------- El bolígrafo
Some nouns may be either masculino o femenino :
La estudiante ---------- El estudiante
La turista ---------- El turista
La artista ---------- El artista
Some nouns that do not end in –o or –a and must be learn their meaning:
Femenino: La clase, La capital
Masculino: El lapiz, El papel, El mapa
More Cognates: Words that look like English words
Atlético/a
Cómico/a
Elegante
Estudioso/a
Extrovertido/a
Generoso/a
Inteligente
Interesante
Modesto/a
Nervioso/a
Organizado/a
Popular
Precioso/a
Romántico/a
Tímido/a
Tranquilo/a
GENDER OF ADJECTIVES:
Adjectives are words that describe nouns. They too have a gender. An adjective that describes a masculine noun must also be masculine( with the ending –o “estudioso”) and an adjective that describe a feminine noun must also be feminine ( with the ending –a “estudiosa”):
Aburrido / a --- boring
Antipatico /a --- unpleasant
Bueno / a --- good
Pequeño / a --- small
Serio / a --- serious
Other adjectives have only one ending for both masculine and feminine nouns. They end in –e or in a consonant:
Difícil --- difficult
Elegante --- elegant
Exigente --- demanding
Fuerte --- Strong
Grande --- big, large
Inteligente --- intelligent
Interesante --- interesting
Joven --- young
Popular --- popular
When you have more than one adjective the last one is connected by Y – and - :
Carlos es grande y fuerte.
Carlos es alto, grande y fuerte.
The word y becomes e whenever it is follow by a word beginning with i or hi:
Carlos es guapo e inteligente.
Carlos es guapo, alto e inteligente.
No used to negate: To make a sentence negative place no in front of the verb:
Ella no es alta.
Carlos no es bajo.