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Escena 2 | ochenta y siete 87 Describing people and things: Ser + descriptive adjectives You have used adjectives with estar to express the mental, emotional, or physical condition of a person: Su hija está contenta . To describe the basic characteristics of someone or something, you use ser + descriptive adjective: Yolanda es bonita . Let’s look at descriptions of the people and activities in Jennifer’s life. • Adjectives that end in -o change -o to -a when describing a feminine noun. Su madre es moren a ; es simpátic a . Su padre es moren o ; es simpátic o . • Adjectives ending in -e , -ista , or most consonants do not change in form when describing a feminine noun. Fabio es jove n y fuert e ; es optim ista . Jennifer es jove n y fuert e ; es optim ista . • When describing more than one person or thing, the plural form of the adjective is used. Adjectives ending in a vowel add -s , and adjectives ending in a consonant add -es . Sus clases son buena s , pero difícil es . Los estudiantes son trabajador es . • Two types of adjectives precede the noun: Adjectives of quantity: cuatro clases muchos amigos Possessive adjectives: mis padres nuestra familia • Most descriptive adjectives follow the nouns they modify—just the opposite of English: una universidad fantástica a fantastic university • The adjectives bueno/a and malo/a may appear either before or after the noun. Before the noun, the masculine forms bueno and malo are shortened to buen and mal : un libro bueno (o) un buen libro a good book un estudiante malo (o) un mal estudiante a bad student • When it appears before a singular noun, the adjective grande changes to gran , and its meaning changes from large to great. una mujer grande a large woman una gran mujer a great woman un libro grande a large book un gran libro a great book Gramática 4 *Or flaco/a thin, skinny , **To soften, use gordito or gordita , ***To soften, use persona mayor older/elderly person Adjetivos y sus opuestos Here are some adjectives and their opposites, some of which you already know. bonito/a feo/a pretty ugly bueno/a malo/a good bad delgado/a* gordo/a** thin fat divertido/a aburrido/a fun boring fácil difícil easy difficult grande pequeño/a large small joven viejo/a*** young old listo/a tonto/a smart silly, dumb nuevo/a viejo/a new old rico/a pobre rich poor simpático/a antipático/a nice unpleasant trabajador/a perezoso/a hard-working lazy Animated Grammar Tutorial