Chapter 8 - Adjectives and Adverbs

my

mi, mis

your (tú form)

tu, tus

your (usted form), his, her their

su, sus

our

nuestro, nuestra, nuestros, nuestras

your (vosotros form)

vuestro, vuestra, vuestros, vuestras

near the speaker this

este, esta

near the speaker these

estos, estas

near the listener that

ese, esa

near the listener those

esos, esas

far from both speaker and listener that over there

quel, quella

far from both speaker and listener those over there

quellos, auellas

spanish

español

how to make the adjective of nationality feminine

add -a

english

inglés

french

francés

german

alemán

japanese

japonés

dutch

holandés

cuban

cubano

chilean

chileno

swiss

suizo

what happens to naitonality adjectives that end in vowels other than -o

don’t change

canadian

canadiense

hindu

hindú

israeli

israelí

what happens when an adjective precedes the noun

drops the -o

a lot

mucho

a little

poco

enough

bastante, suficiente

both

ambos

each

cada

several

varios

some

alguno

all, every

todo

next

próximo

only

único

last, final

último

preceding the noun antiguo

former

following noun antiguo

ancient

preceding the noun cierto

a certain

following noun cierto

sure

preceding the noun grande

great

following the noun grande

big

preceding the noun pobre

poor, unfortunate

following the noun pobre

without money

preceding the noun mismo

same

following the noun mismo

himself

preceding the noun viejo

longtime

following the noun viejo

old (in years)

more than

más + adjective + que

les than

menos + adjectivo + que

the same as

tan + adjectivo + como

the most

la/el más + adjectivo + de

the least

la/el menos + adjectivo + de

better

mejor

worse

peor

younger

menor

older

mayor

comparing nouns more + nouns + than

más + nombre + que

comparing nouns less + noun + than

menos + nombre + que

as much + noun + as

tanto + nombre + como

more than

más que

less than

menos que

as much as

tanto como