Adjectives
Agreement, position, and the ones that change meaning when they move.
A1
- Spanish adjective agreement in four patterns
Spanish adjectives change to match the noun and usually come after it. The four ending patterns, where the adjective sits, and the ones that move for effect.
- Mi, tu, su — and este, ese, aquel
Possessives agree with the thing owned, not the owner, and su means four different things. Demonstratives come in three distances, not two.
- Spanish ordinal numbers: primero to décimo, and stop
Spanish only really uses ordinals up to ten. Past that it switches to ordinary numbers — including the century you are living in.
- Spanish colours and patterns
The colours, which ones change for gender and which do not, and the words for stripes, checks and the patterns on Peruvian textiles.
A2
- Spanish adverbs of manner: -mente, bien and mal
How to build an adverb from an adjective, why bien is not bueno, and the short forms Peruvians use instead of the long ones.
- Comparing things in Spanish — más que, tan como, el más
One pattern for more-than, one for as-as, one for the most. Four irregular forms, and the -ísimo ending that does the work of "really".
- Spanish quantifiers: mucho, poco, cada, todo, ningún
Which quantifiers agree with the noun and which never change, plus the article todo needs and the no that ningún drags along.
- Mucho or muy? The A2 mistake everyone makes
Muy goes with adjectives and adverbs, mucho with nouns and verbs. Here is the one-second test, plus tengo mucho frío and me gusta mucho.
- Too + adjective in Spanish: demasiado, not muy
English too is demasiado. Está muy caro and está demasiado caro are different sentences, and in a market they are different moves.
B1
- Interesado or interesante? The -ado / -ante split
Estoy interesado is about you; es interesante is about the thing. The same split runs through preocupado, emocionado, agotado and a dozen more.