Using Adjectives as Nouns

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Using Adjectives as Nouns

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• Realidades 2

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Adjectives to Nouns

• Look at how we can avoid repeating the noun in
  these instances

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Adjectives to Nouns

• Te duele la pierna derecha o la izquierda?
• Qué prefieres, un gorro azul o uno amarillo?

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Adjectives to Nouns

• To avoid repetition we drop the noun in the
  second part of the sentence, then...

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Adjectives to Nouns

• ...then put the definite or indefinite article
  right before the second adjective.

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Adjectives to Nouns

• Note that the adjective must agree in gender and
  number just as if the noun were still there.

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Adjectives to Nouns

• Also note that un becomes uno(a) when it is not
  followed by a noun.

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Adjectives to Nouns

• We can do the same thing with what we call a
  prepositional phrase, or a description that
  begins with de.

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Adjectives to Nouns

• Qué haces, la tarea de matemáticas o la de
  ciencias?

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Adjectives to Nouns

• Necesitas marcadores para la clase de ingles o
  para la de arte?