¡Hoy es lunes lingüístico! (Today is linguistic Monday!)
La fecha es el treinta (30) de octubre del año dos mil veintitrés. (The date is October 30, 2023.)
El fonema de la semana es ch. (The phoneme of the week is ch.)
Let’s make our vocabulary more descriptive with 7 adjectives that begin with the phoneme ch. You can practice one adjetivo each day of the week.
Siete (7) adjetivos que inician con el fonema ch (7 adjectives that begin with the phoneme ch):
| 1 (uno) – | chévere | (cool; awesome) |
| 2 (dos) – | chico | (small; little) |
| 3 (tres) – | chirajoso | (ragged; tattered) |
| 4 (cuatro) – | chistoso | (funny; amusing) |
| 5 (cinco) – | chocante | (shocking; surprising) |
| 6 (seis) – | chocolate | (chocolate brown) |
| 7 (siete) – | chulo | (cool; great) |
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 luchador! (May you have a tenacious Monday!)
L. A. Feliz