¡Hoy es lunes lingüístico! (Today is linguistic Monday!)
La fecha es el veintiséis (26) de febrero del año dos mil veinticuatro. (The date is February 26, 2024.)
El fonema de la semana es rr. (The phoneme of the week is rr.)
Let’s make our vocabulary more descriptive with 7 adjectives that contain the phoneme rr. You can practice one adjetivo each day of the week.
Siete (7) adjetivos que tienen con el fonema rr (7 adjectives that have the phoneme rr):
| 1 (uno) – | arreglado | (fixed; dressed up) |
| 2 (dos) – | barrido | (swept) |
| 3 (tres) – | borrado | (erased) |
| 4 (cuatro) – | corriente | (ordinary; common) |
| 5 (cinco) – | curricular | (educational; curricular) |
| 6 (seis) – | derribado | (demolished) |
| 7 (siete) – | errante | (wandering) |
For a refresher and more practice with adjectives, check out the section Adjetivos on pages 63-66 of You Can Speak Spanish! – Volume 1. Which of these adjetivos are cognados (cognates)? To learn more about cognados, refer to page 32.
¡Que tengas un lunes arreglado! (May you have a dressed-up Monday!)
L. A. Feliz