Lección 8: Read & Respond

fuerte = strong
pequeño = small
bajo = short
generoso = generous
antipático = mean

rubio = blond
moreno = dark-haired
pelirrojo = red-haired
alto = tall
grande = big
simpático = nice

perezoso = lazy
ambicioso = ambitious, hard-working
creativo = creative
agradable = pleasant, agreable
molesto = annoying

inteligente = smart
delgado = thin, skinny
gordo = fat
estúpido = stupid
atlético = athletic

Nationalties

americano/a = American
colombiano/a = Colombian
español/a = Spanish
cubano/a = Cuban
argentino/a = Argentinean
chileno/a = Chilean

Question Words

¿Quién es? = Who is he/she/it?
¿Cómo es? = What is he/she/it like?
¿De qué nacionalidad es? = What nationality is he/she/it?
¿De dónde es? = Where is he/she/it from?

Articles

You already know un/una mean a, an; unos/unas mean some.

Similarly, there are different ways to say “the”

el muchacho  (the boy) los muchachos (the boys)

la muchacha (the girl) las muchachas (the girls)

Adjectives

Adjectives are words that are used to describe people and things.  In Spanish, the adjective has more than one spelling.  It will change it's spelling to match with the gender and number of the word it's describing. 

In short, when describing a male, the adjective usually ends in -o;

when describing a female, the adjective usually ends in -a.
If the adjective ends in another letter, there is no change.

The verb ser

The verb ser changes forms depending on the subject...

yo soy = I am
tú eres = you are (informal)
Ud. es = you are (formal)
él es = he is
ella es = she

Spanish will often omit the pronoun and use the verb alone. It does NOT change the meaning of the word.
Yo soy alto. = Soy alto.

Notice the word order difference. In a negative sentence, the "no" will come before the verb.
Yo no soy cubano. No soy cubano.