El mundo natural: suffix -ito/a, suffix -ísimo/a
I can use demonstrative adjectives and the suffixes -ito and -ísimo to describe the natural world in Spanish.
El mundo natural: suffix -ito/a, suffix -ísimo/a
I can use demonstrative adjectives and the suffixes -ito and -ísimo to describe the natural world in Spanish.
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Key learning points
- 'Este' and 'esta' mean 'this' before a singular or uncountable noun. 'Este' is masculine and 'esta' is feminine.
- 'Estos' and 'estas' mean 'these' before a plural noun. 'Estos' is masculine and 'estas' is feminine.
- The suffixes -ísimo and -ísima mean 'very' and appear at the end of an adjective.
- The suffixes -ito and -ita mean 'little' and appear at the end of a noun.
Keywords
Demonstrative adjective - a type of adjective used to signal a specific person, place or thing
-ito, -ita - Spanish suffix added to nouns to mean ‘little’
-ísimo, -ísima - Spanish suffix added to adjectives to mean ‘very’
Common misconception
The suffix -ito is added to the end of any noun to give the meaning 'small'.
The final letter is removed from nouns ending in ‘a’ or ‘o’ before adding -ito or -ita.
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6 Questions
this (masculine, singular)
this (feminine, singular)
these (masculine, plural)
these (feminine, plural)
cool
main
broken
whole, entire
slim
fat