1 Roseman Spanish Masculine vs. Feminine, Uno, unas, etc., Adjectives, Intro to Verbs (present tense),

2 Gender  Masculine- most words that end in “-o”  El niño, el dormitorio, el cartero  Feminine- most words that end it “-a”  La hija, la rosa, la guitarra  For the most part you just need to memorize the gender when you learn a new word.  There are some general trends  However, lots of exceptions exist  http://www.spanishdict.com/topics/show/1

3 Definite articles  Means “the” in English  Show gender and number  Masculine:  El  Los  Feminine  La  Las

4 Indefinite articles  “a”, “an”, “some”, or “a few”  Match the gender and number  Masculine: uno, unos  Feminine: una, unas

5 Indefinite articles  Examples:  El taco, querrer (to want)  Yo quiero un taco  Yo quiero unos tacos  El empaste dental, La amalgama (filling), necesitar (to need)  Necesita usted un empaste dental  Necesita usted unas amalgamas

6 Adjectives  Words that describe nouns  Ex. El chico alto (The tall child)  The ending of the adjective changes according to gender and number  Ex. Los chicos alt os  Las chicas alt as

7 Adjectives  Describing physical characteristics  alto- tall, bajo- short, grande-big, pequeño- small, bello- beautiful, guapo- handsome, gordo- fat, delgado- thin, largo- long, corto- short (hair), joven- young, viejo- old  Dental adjectives  doloroso- painful, frío- cold, caliente- hot

8 Verbs- Present tense  Skeleton for conjugating verbs  Memorize and it will help you a lot!  We will do some practice with it Yo- I Tu- You (informal) Usted, él, ella- You (formal), he, she Nosotros- We Vosotros- You all (informal, uncommon) Ustedes, ellos, ellas- You (all), them

9 Verbs- Present tense -o -es -e -emos, -imos -éis -ís -en -o -as -a -an -áis -amos -AR VERBS-ER, -IR VERBS

10 Verbs- Present tense como vivo comes vives come vive comemos vivimos coméis vivís comen viven hablo hablas habla hablan habláis hablamos HablarComer, Vivir