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							Using Adjectives as
      Nouns
p. 295 – Chp. 7
   AVSR #2 -
 Realidades 3
Adjectives to Nouns
 Look at how we can
 avoid repeating the
 noun in these
 instances:
Adjectives to Nouns

 ¿Te  duele la pierna
  derecha o la izquierda?
 ¿Qué prefieres, un gorro
  azul o uno amarillo?
Adjectives to Nouns
 Toavoid repetition we
 drop the noun in the
 second part of the
 sentence, then...
Adjectives to Nouns
        put the definite
 ...then
 or indefinite article right
 before the second
 adjective.
Adjectives to Nouns
 Notethat the adjective
 must agree in gender
 and number just as if
 the noun were still
 there.
Adjectives to Nouns
 Also  note that un
 becomes uno(a) when
 it is not followed by a
 noun.
Adjectives to Nouns

 We can do the same
 thing with what we call a
 “prepositional phrase,”
 or a description that
 begins with a, de, or
 para.
Adjectives to Nouns
 ¿Prefieres las esculturas
  de la derecha o las de la
  izquierda?
 ¿El informe es para esta
  semana o para la
  próxima?
Adjectives to Nouns
A   masculine singular
  adjective can be made
  into a noun by placing
  lo before it.
 Lo bueno del verano es
  que tenemos vacaciones.