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el esposo

husband

la esposa

wife

el hermanastro

stepbrother

la hermanastra

stepsister

el hermano

brother

la hermana

sister

el hijastro

stepson

la hijastra

stepdaughter

la madrastra

stepmother

el padrastro

stepfather

el medio hermano




la medio hermana

half brother / half sister

los padres

parents

el abuelo

grandfather

la abuela

grandmother

el padre

father

la madre

mother

los hijos

sons

la hija

daughter

el cuñado

brother in law

la cuñada

sister in law

el nieto

grandson

la nieta

granddaughter

la nuera

daughter in law

el yerno

son in law

los parientes

relatives

el primo

cousin

la prima

cousin

el sobrino

nephew

la sobrina

niece

el suegro

father in law

la suegra

mother in law

el tio

uncle

la tia

aunt

el aritsta

artist

la doctora

doctor

el nino

boy / child

la nina

girl

el novio

boyfriend

la novia

girlfriend

el ingeniero

engineer

la ingeniera

engineer

el medico

doctor

la medica

doctor

el periodista

journalist

la periodista

journalist

el programador

computer programmer

la programadora

computer programmer

el amigo

friend

la amiga

friend

el gato / la gata

cat

la gente

people

el muchacho

boy

la muchacha

girl

la persona

person

el perro / la perra

dog

mi (possession conjugation / sing. or pl.?)

my (sing.)

mis (possession conjugation / sing. or pl.?)

my (plural)

alto / alta

tall

antipatico / antipatica

unpleasant

bajo / baja

short (height)

bonito / bonita

pretty

bueno / buena

good

delgado / delgada

thin

dificil

difficult

facil

easy

feo / fea

ugly

gordo / gorda

fat

grande

big

guapo / guapa

good looking

importante

important

inteligente

intelligent

interesante

interesting

joven

young

malo / mala

bad

moreno

dark haired

pelirrojo / pelirroja

red head

pequeno / pequena

small

rubio / rubia

blond

simpatico / simpatica

nice

tonto / tonta

foolish

trabajador / trabajadora (adj.)

hard working

viejo / vieja

old

descriptive adjectives: -o / -or endings


example used: tall and hardworking


(masc. or fem.? / sing. or pl.?)

Singular > Plural Adjectives:




Masculine Adjectives


------------------------------


alto > altos


trabajador > trabajadores




Feminine Adjectives


----------------------------


alta > altas


trabajadora > trabajadoras




*QUICK RULE:


Masculine:


-o --> -os (add '-s')


-or --> -ores (add '-es')


Feminine:


-a --> -as (add 's')


-ora --> -as (add 's')

descriptive adjectives: -e or consonant endings


example used: intelligent and difficult


(masc. or fem.? / sing. or pl.?)

Singular > Plural Adjectives




Masculine AND Feminine


------------------------------------


--> inteligente > inteligentes


--> dificil > dificiles




*QUICK RULE:


-e --> -es (add 's')


-consonant --> -es (-consonant + '-es')



descriptive adjectives: nationality


example used: Mexican and Spanish


(masc. or fem.? / sing. or pl.?)

Masc. (sing. / pl.) --> mexicano / mexicanos .. espanol / espanoles




Fem. (sing. / pl.) --> mexicana / mexicanas .. espanola / espanolas

Aleman / Alemana

German

Agentino / Argentina

Argentine

Canadiense

Canadian

Cubano / Cubana

Cuban

Ecuatoriano / Ecuatoriana

Ecuadorian

Espanol / Espanola

Spanish

Estadounidense

American

Frances / Francesa

French

Ingles / Inglesa

English

Japones / Japonesa

Japanese

Mexicano / Mexicana

Mexican

Norteamericano / Norteamericana

North American

Puertorriqueno / Puertorriquena

Puerto Rican

descriptive adjectives: syntax / exceptions*

Noun + adj




*Bueno and malo can be placed after noun.. **masc. sing. form of bueno -> buen


*When grande appears before a sing. noun, it is shortened to gran. (gran = great , grande = big)

possessive adjectives: singular > plural




(my , your, his / its, our, yours)

Singular___>___ Plural


-------------------------------


mi > mis = my


tu > tus = your


su > sus = his / hers / its


nuestro > nuestros = our


su > sus = theirs / its / yours




*QUICK RULE: take possesive adjective in sing. form and add '-s' to make it plural.




*posses. adjs. show agreement in number with the nouns they modify and are placed before the nouns they modify. (Poss.adj. + noun conj.)


-ex: mi primo .. mis primos / mi tia .. mis tias


(my cousin..my cousins / my aunt..my aunts)




*Su > sus : use [article] + [noun] + de + [subj. pronoun]


-ex: sus parientes > los parientes de el


sus parientes > los parientes de ellos

-ar verb conjugation




example used: trabajar (to work)

Yo --> trabajo


Tu --> trabajas


Ud. / El / Ella --> trabaja


Nosotros --> trabajamos


Uds. / Ellos / Ellas --> trabajan

-er verb conjugation




example used: comer (to eat)

Yo --> como

Tu --> comes


Ud. / El / Ella --> come


Nosotros --> comemos


Uds. / Ellos / Ellas --> comen

-ir verb conjugation




ex: escribir (to write)

Yo --> escribo

Tu --> escribes


Ud. / El / Ella --> escribe


Nosotros --> escribimos


Uds. / Ellos / Ellas --> escriben




*QUICK RULE: same endings as -er except in the nosotros form.

aprender

to learn

beber

to drink

comer

to eat

comprender

to understand

correr

to run

creer (en)

to believe (in)

deber (+ verb inf.)

should

leer*

to read

abrir

to open

asistir (+ a)

to attend (+ at)

compartir

to share

decidir

to decide

describir

to describe

escribir

to write

recibir

to recieve

vivir

to live

tener (to have) conjugation: irregular yo form and spell changes*

Yo --> tengo

Tu --> tienes


Ud. / El / Ella --> tiene


Nosotros --> tenemos


Uds. / Ellos / Ellas --> tienen




*also (e:ie)

venir (to come) conjugation: irregular yo form and spell changes*

Yo --> vengo

Tu --> vienes


Ud. / El / Ella --> viene


Nosotros --> venimos


Uds. / Ellos / Ellas --> vienen




*also (e:ie)

tener ... anos

to be ... years old

tener calor

to be hot

tener cuidado

to be careful

tener frio

to be cold

tener hambre

to be hungry

tener miedo

to be afraid

tener prisa

to be in a hurry

tener razon

to be right

no tener razon

to be wrong

tener sed

to be thirsty

tener sueno

to be sleepy

tener suerte

to be lucky

expressions with tener: uses (2)

-tener phrases are the English equivalent of "to be"




*To express an obligation, use tener que (to have to) + [verb inf.]


-ex: Si, tengo que estudiar fisica. (Yes, I have to study physics.




*To ask if people if they feel like doing something, use tener ganas de (to feel like) + inf.


-ex: Tienes ganas de comer? (Do you feel like eating? No, tengo ganas de dormir. (No I feel like sleeping.)