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[edit] Review
[edit] Adjectives
Remember that adjectives describe people, places, and things. In Spanish, adjectives have the same number and gender as the nouns they describe and they usually come after the nouns.
Masculine (Singular)
- serio
- deportista
- trabajador
- paciente
- joven
Masculine (Plural)
- serios
- deportistas
- trabajadores
- pacientes
- jóvenes
Feminine (Singular)
- seria
- deportista
- trabajadora
- paciente
- joven
Feminine (Plural)
- serias
- deportistas
- trabajadoras
- pacientes
- jóvenes
[edit] Ser
You've learned that the verb ser is used to tell what someone is like.
- soy - I am
- eres - you are (singular)
- es - he/she is
- somos - we are
- sois - you are (plural)
- son - they are
Note: Last warning, usted and ustedes conjugate in 3rd person form.
[edit] Nationalities
You've have already learned many adjectives about nationality. The Spanish words for nationalities are based on the country's name, similar to English.
- mexicano(a) - Mexican
- estadounidense - U.S. citizen (American)
- cubano(a) - Cuban
- dominicano(a) - Dominican
- puertorriqueño(a) - Puerto Rican
- salvadoreño(a) - Salvadorian
- guatemalteco(a) - Guatemalan
- hondureño(a) - Honduran
- nicaragüense - Nicaraguan
- costarricense - Costa Rican
- panameño(a) - Panamainian
- colombiano(a) - Columbian
- venezolano(a) - Venezuela
- ecuatoriano(a) - Ecuadorian
- peruano(a) - Peruvian
- boliviano(a) - Bolivian
- paraguayo(a) - Paraguayan
- chileno(a) - Chilean
- argentino(a) - Argentine
- uruguayo(a) - Uruguayan
- español, española - Spaniard
- ecuatoguineano(a) - Equatorial Guinean
- norteamericano(a) - North American
- canadiense - Canadian
[edit] Present tense of regular verbs
Remember that in Spanish there are 3 groups of regular verbs that end in -ar, -er, and -ir. These are dropped to form the present tense of a verb and adding the appropriate present-tense ending.
hablar
- hablo
- hablas
- habla
- hablamos
- habláis
- hablan
comer
- como
- comes
- come
- comemos
- coméis
- comen
vivir
- vivo
- vives
- vive
- vivimos
- vivís
- viven
[edit] Tener
Use the verb tener to show relationship, possession, age, or other expressions.
- tengo
- tienes
- tiene
- tenemos
- tenéis
- tienen
[edit] Verbs with irregular yo forms
- hacer - to do, to make
- hago - I do, I make
- poner - to put
- pongo - I put
- traer - to bring
- traigo - I bring
