Unit 3 Introduction

In our third Unit, we will have the opportunity to review some concepts from previous units before we get into our new topic. We can start reviewing the adjective agreement. After we go back a little, we can start working on our new vocabulary words about un día en el parque de diversiones. We will also be working on Qué + adjective! preterite of ir, ser, and hacer, and pronouns after prepositions. In this Unit we will learn to talk on the phone, say where you went, how it was, and what you did, extend invitations. The last lesson of the Unit will be dedicated to exploring a Spanish-speaking culture and researching and comparing the culture with our own.

Assess Prior Knowledge

In Spanish, we describe nouns using adjectives that match in terms of gender (is the noun masculine or feminine) and number (is the noun singular or plural.)

You may have noticed that when we use Ser or Estar with an adjective if the adjective has a feminine and masculine form, the adjective must agree with the subject it is modifying. This also applies to the number of people or things that comprise the subject.

When you look up an adjective in a dictionary, you will find the masculine singular form of any adjective as the given default form. A good dictionary will provide several examples of its use and may include sentences with the feminine or plural forms. The word 'invariable' (inv.) means the adjective has only one form (see los colores for examples.)

Adjectives which end in 'o' have four (4) ending forms:

O : masculine singular
OS: masculine plural
A : feminine
AS feminine plural

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Adjectives which naturally end in 'e' or any other vowel (except '0') or which end in consonants have two (2) forms*:

The singular form
The plural form:

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Adjectives which end in '-dor' have four (4) forms

masculine singular 'dor'
masculine plural 'dores'
Feminine singular 'dora' (add an 'a')
feminine plural 'doras'

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