¿Cómo eres tú?
What are you like? In this lesson, we will expand our basic conversation to be a little
more personal! This will be the last lesson on basic conversation for a little while.
Let’s look at English grammar
When you describe what someone is like, you use
adjectives to describe them.
For example…
He is very lazy.
They are such nice people.
She is really smart.
My friend is so talented.
Here are some Spanish sentences with adjectives
 No me gusta trabajar, soy perezoso.
I don’t like to work, I’m lazy.
 Yo soy muy sociable. Me encanta pasar tiempo con amigos.
I’m very sociable. I love to spend time with friends.
 El chico es muy deportista, le gusta mucho practicar deportes.
The boy is very sports-minded (sporty). He really likes to practice sports.
In Spanish, all nouns have a gender.
What gender are the following words?
The wrench.
The wall.
The chair.
The bat.
The door.
The house.
The computer.
The oven.
The desk.
Gender of nouns
 In Spanish, every noun has a gender.
Before we get into that, lets look at gender a different way.
Definite articles. (“The”)
 There are two ways to say “the”.
Masculine
el
or
Feminine
la
Masculine nouns
If a noun has “el” in front of it, it is
masculine.
El chico (boy)
El amigo (male friend)
Also, typically the noun will end in “o”.
Feminine nouns
Nouns that have “la” in front of them
are feminine.
La chica (the girl)
La amiga (female friend)
Also, typically these nouns end in “a”.
The main idea
Words that end in “o” are typically masculine.
Words that end in “a” are typically feminine.
Masculine
Feminine
El chico
La chica
El amigo
La amiga
Without even knowing what these words mean,
we can tell if they are masculine or feminine
El niño
El dormitorio
El esposo
El torro
El espejo
Without even knowing what these words mean,
we can tell if they are masculine or feminine
El niño
El dormitorio
El esposo
El torro
El espejo
Without even knowing what these words mean,
we can tell if they are masculine or feminine
La esposa
La casa
La tijera
La carta
La niña
Without even knowing what these words mean,
we can tell if they are masculine or feminine
La esposa
La casa
La tijera
La carta
La niña
Let’s look at the vocab sheet.
Adjectives have to agree with the gender
of the noun
This may sound a little confusing at first. But, it’s really easy
once you get the hang of it.
We add “a” so the adjective
matches with the gender
of the noun.
La chica es muy perezosa y no le gusta trabajar.
La means that the noun
(chica) is feminine.
Adjectives have to agree with the gender
of the noun
This may sound a little confusing at first. But, it’s really easy
once you get the hang of it.
We add “o” so the adjective
matches with the gender
of the noun.
El chico es muy perezoso y no le gusta trabajar.
El means that the noun
(chico) is masculine.
There are some adjectives that remain
the same, regardless of the noun gender
 Sociable
 Inteligente
 Sociable
 Deportista
 Impaciente
 Paciente
These do not need to change. You can say “El
chico es impaciente” or “La chica is impaciente”
Práctica
El chico es perezos_
La chica es estudios_
Ella (she) es atrevid_.
Práctica
El chico es perezos0
La chica es estudiosa
Ella (she) es atrevida.
Práctica
A él le gusta ir a la escuela y estudiar. Él es
muy estudios_
A ella le gusta dibujar. Ella es artístic_
A veces él es muy seri_
Práctica
A él le gusta ir a la escuela y estudiar. Él es
muy estudioso
A ella le gusta dibujar. Ella es artística
A veces él es muy serio