Adjective Gender and Pluralisation

Question 1

How must adjectives match their nouns?
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Answer 1

• In number and gender

Question 2

When do the adjectives go before the modified noun?
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Answer 2

• Proper nouns (people/places/things)
• Nouns we only have one of (heart)
• Inherent qualities of nouns (la brillante estrella)
• Adj referring to specific noun (El travieso perro del cuento)
• Adj that change meaning based on placement (gran before = great/important, grande after = large/big)

Question 3

How to say ‘of yours’ (possessive adj + pronouns)?
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Answer 3

• Tuyo (a/as/os)

Question 4

How to say ‘of ours’ (possessive adj + pronouns)?
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Answer 4

• Neustro (a/as/os)

Question 5

How to say ‘of his/hers/theirs/yours’ (possessive adj + pronouns)?
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Answer 5

• Suyo (a/as/os)

Question 6

How to say ‘of mine’ (possessive adj + pronouns)?
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Answer 6

• Mío (a/as/os)

Question 7

Where are short form possessive adjectives used in a sentence?
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Answer 7

• Before the noun

Question 8

Where are long form possessive adjectives used in a sentence?
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Answer 8

• After the noun

Question 9

What are the short form possessive adjectives?
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Answer 9

• Mi (s)
• Tu (s)
• Nuestro/a (s)
• Su (s)

Question 10

When to not use possessive adjectives?
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Answer 10

• Reflexive verb (otherwise saying it 2x)
• Talking about body parts
• If not followed by noun (todo lo que ves aquí es mío)
• If ownership is obvious

Question 11

What do you have to do when speaking about more than one object that is owned?
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Answer 11

• Repeat possessive adjective before every noun, except using 2 nouns to describe same thing e.g. Es mi amante y mejor amigo. — He is my lover and best friend

Question 12

What is the difference between possessive adjectives and pronouns?
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Answer 12

• Adj describe the noun, pronouns completely replace the noun
  = E.g. Mi gato es negro. — My cat is black.
  El gato negro es mío. — The black cat is mine.

Question 13

How to show possession with ‘De’?
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Answer 13

• Use ‘De’ after the noun + pronoun (ella/name)

Question 14

What are demonstratives and list all of them?
(1) (6)

Answer 14

• Can be either a noun or adjective and include: this, these, that, those, that over there, those over there.

Question 15

How do you say ‘this’ in masculine and feminine?
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Answer 15

• M = Este
• F = Esta

Question 16

How do you say ‘these’ in masculine and feminine?
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Answer 16

• M = Estos
• F = Estas

Question 17

How do you say ‘that’ in masculine and feminine?
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Answer 17

• M = Ese
• F = Esa

Question 18

How do you say ‘those’ in masculine and feminine?
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Answer 18

• M = Esos
• F = Esas

Question 19

How do you say ‘that (over there)’ in masculine and feminine?
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Answer 19

• M = Aquel
• F = Aquella

Question 20

How do you say ‘those (over there)’ in masculine and feminine?
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Answer 20

• M = Aquellos
• F = Aquellas

Question 21

How to use demonstratives to convey different time lengths, from most present to most in the past?
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Answer 21

1) ‘Este’ artículo es muy interesante
2) Has leído ‘ese’ artículo que te envié
3) Te acuerdas de ‘aquel’ artículo sobre los demonstrativos

Question 22

List the neutral forms of the demonstrative pronouns; this, that and that (over there) and when do you use them?
(3) (2)

Answer 22

• Esto(s)
• Eso(s)
• Aquello(s)
• When you aint know wtf the gender of the noun is or when simply neutral (¿Qué es eso?)