Chapter 5, Part 1
NOUNS Adjectives Things
El abuelo- grandpa callado - quiet los lentes - glasses
La abuela - grandma canoso - gray haired el pelo - hair
Los abuelos - grandparents castaño - brown la silla de ruedas – wheelchair
El gato - cat ciego – blind
El hermano - brother corto - short (length)
La hermana - sister gordo - fat
Los hermanos - siblings joven – young
El hijo - son largo - long
La hija - daughter mayor – older
Los hijos – your kids menor – younger OTHER
La madre - mom negro - black hasta - until
El nieto - grandson sordo - deaf
La nieta - grandaughter travieso - naughty
Los nietos - grandkids verde - green
El padre - dad azul - blue
Los padres - parents viejo - old
El primo/la prima - cousin delgado – skinny, thin
Los primos - cousins
La persona - person VERBS
El perro - dog almorzar – to eat lunch (boot)
El sobrino - nephew dormir – to sleep (boot)
La sobrina - niece empezar – to start (boot)
Los sobrinos – nieces and nephews entender – to understand (boot)
El tío - uncle merendar – to snack (boot)
La tía - aunt usar – to use (normal)
Los tíos – aunts and uncles volver –to return (boot)
Todos/Todas - everyone **estar – to be (weirdo)
BOOT VERBS
e - ie e - i o - ue
ex. merendar ex. pedir ex. dormir
MERIENDO merendamos PIDO pedimos DUERMO dormimos
MERIENDAS XXXXX PIDES XXXX DUERMES XXXX
MERIENDA MERIENDAN PIDE PIDEN DUERME DUERMEN
Possession
In English = ‘s or s’
‘S means the owner is 1 noun
S’ means the owner is 2 or more nouns
In Spanish = THE noun being owned OF owner
The = EL, LA, LOS, LAS
Of = DE
If the English ends in the ‘ just take off the ‘
If the English ends in ‘s take off both the s and the ‘
Possessive Adjectives
* Have to agree in number and gender
** Do NOT have to switch
MY = Mi / Mis OUR = Nuestro / Nuestra
YOUR = Tu / Tus Nuestros / Nuestras
HIS / HER = Su / Sus THEIR = Su / Sus
CONTRACTIONS
A + EL = AL (to the / at the)
DE + EL = DEL ( of the / from the)
Ex. The boy’s sister
La hermana de el chico
del