Descriptive Adjectives 2
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- Please put the round table in front of the blue chair.
- Por favor, pon la mesa redonda frente al sillón azul. Adj that refer to color, size, shape, condition, nationality, group, etc. are differentiating.
- In the fallen nest there was a baby bird with a broken wing.
- En el nido caído había un pajarito con una ala rota. Past participles used as adj normally are condition and follow the noun.
- Javier was talking to a rather pretty girl who was wearing an evening gown.
- Javier hablaba con una chica bastante bonita, que llevaba un traje de noche. Adj phrases w/ de+noun always follow noun. So do descript. adj when modified by adv.
- His father gave him a beautiful clock.
- Un hermoso reloj. Non-descript. b/c hermoso could be ommitted w/o loss of meaning.
- His father gave him an alarm clock.
- Un reloj despertador. Diff. b/c it adds to the meaning.`
- The cold snow is on the green car.
- La fría nieve está ecima del carro verde. "fría" is non-diff b/c it's an inherent quality of snow.
- Juan is a violent man looking for an agile woman.
- Juan es un hombre violento buscando una mujer ágil. DIFFERENTIATING b/c sentece relies on adj for meaning "what kind"
- The beautiful Ms. Marieta Camejo, Juan's daughter, will wed the distinguished lawyer Carlos Montes.
- La linda señorita Marieta Camejo, hija de Juan, se casará con el distinguido abogado Carlos Montes.
- Fine Arts
- Las Bellas Artes
- The Divine Comedy
- La Divina Comedia
- free thinker
- libre pensador
- weed
- mala hierba
- bad luck
- mala suerte
- the pure real truth
- la pura verdad
- El Santo Padre
- the Holy Father
- a very foolish thing
- una solemne tontería
- hacer su santa voluntad
- to do as one pleases
- short/long term
- a corto/largo plazo
- What a beautiful day!
- QuE hermoso día! adj comes before in exclamations
- Ex-girlfriend
- antigua novia
- Ancient character
- personaje antiguo
- a certain woman told me...
- una cierta mujer
- it's a sure/certain thing
- es una cosa cierta
- There are various colors
- Hay diferentes colores
- different paintings
- pinturas diferentes
- half an hour
- media hora
- they were of the middle/average class
- eran de clase media
- The same/very man
- El mismo hombre
- The doctor herself doesn't know
- La doctora misma no sabe
- Another car
- una nueva coche
- Brand-new bike
- una bicicleta nueva
- That unfortunate man
- Ese pobre himbre
- the needy/poor people steal food
- La gente pobre roba comida
- I live in my own apartment
- Vivo en mi propio apartamento
- I want a house of my own.
- Quiero una casa propia.
- By pure luck
- por pura suerta
- pure air
- aire puro
- She was a strange person
- Era una persona rara
- A rare item
- una rara cosa
- He's a mere farmer
- Es un simple ranchero
- He's a simple-minded farmer
- Es un ranchero simple
- He's the only doctor in the town.
- Es el Unico doctor del pueblo
- He's a unique man
- Es un hombre Unico
- My old house was ugly
- Mi vieja casa era fea
- The old man was tired
- El hombre viejo estaba cansado.
- Her mother prepares delicious Cuban desserts
- Su madre prepara deliciosos postres cubanos. DELICIOUS is more subjective and could be omitted w/o loss of meaning.