¡Hoy es lunes lingüístico! (Today is linguistic Monday!)
La fecha es el ocho (8) de abril del año dos mil veinticuatro. (The date is April 8, 2024.)
La letra de la semana es y. (The letter of the week is y.)
Let’s make our vocabulary more descriptive with 7 adjectives that begin with the letter y. You can practice one adjetivo each day of the week.
Siete (7) adjetivos que inician con la letra y (7 adjectives that start with the letter y):
| 1 (uno) – | yacente | (reclining) |
| 2 (dos) – | yanqui | (Yankee) |
| 3 (tres) – | yemení | (Yemeni) |
| 4 (cuatro) – | yesero | (plaster) |
| 5 (cinco) – | yugoslavo | (Yugoslavian) |
| 6 (seis) – | yugular | (jugular) |
| 7 (siete) – | yuxtapuesto | (juxtaposed) |
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 leyoso! (May you have a cunning Monday!)
L. A. Feliz