Description, Dialogue, Verbs, and Nouns in Spanish
Description
Description: The presentation of the characteristics of people, objects, places, or events belonging to the real world or an imagined world, so that the receiver will have a clear idea of them.
Types of Descriptions
- Objective Description: The issuer shows reality without providing personal assessments.
- Subjective Description: The issuer shows their particular perception of what they describe.
Description Styles
- Static Description: Reality is presented as stable and motionless.
- Dynamic Description: Presents a changing reality and movement.
The Language of Description
In descriptions, special mention is made of adjectives and spatial markers. Sometimes, certain stylistic resources bring expressiveness.
- Adjectives are used to express the qualities of what is described.
- Spatial markers are used to place things in space.
- Stylistic resources used are epithets and metaphors.
Verb Phrases
Verb phrases are those that have a verb as their nucleus.
The Verb
Verbs are action words that name variables, states, or processes located at a specific time.
Verb Root and Ending
- Root: The part that supports the lexical meaning of the verb.
- Ending: The endings are added to a root.
Verb Conjugation
The conjugation of a verb is the set of forms obtained by combining the root with various endings.
Tense and Mode
A verb tense is a set of verb forms that show only variation of number and person. Verbs also express mode.
Impersonal Forms of the Verb
Non-personal forms of the verb are those that lack the grammatical features of number, person, tense, and mood.
Suffixation
Suffixation is the process of forming words by adding a suffix to the root.
Dialogue
Dialogue is the exchange of information between two or more persons.
Conversation
A conversation is a dialogue that occurs spontaneously between two parties, who are usually on equal footing and in a casual situation.
Interview
An interview is a dialogue in which one party (the interviewer) raises a number of questions for the other party (the respondent) to answer.
Discussion
A discussion is a formal, argumentative dialogue in which two or more people, guided by a moderator, confront their views on a controversial issue. It typically includes an introduction, initial exposure, discussion, conclusions, and farewell.
Noun Phrases
Noun phrases are phrases that have a noun as their nucleus.
Noun
Nouns are variable words that name entities that we can think of as independent: people, objects, feelings, ideas, etc.
Gender of Nouns
Gender is a trait that all Spanish nouns carry. Nouns can be masculine or feminine.
Masculine/Feminine Opposition
Nouns usually have one gender, either masculine or feminine. However, some nouns support gender variation.
Meaning of Gender
In nouns naming living things, gender distinctions often respond to a differentiation of sexual character. However, usually, gender is only a grammatical mark that all nouns carry, regardless of their significance.
Types of Nouns
Nouns can be classified as:
- Common
- Proper
- Concrete
- Abstract
- Individual
- Collective
- Countable
- Uncountable
Prefixation
Prefixation is the procedure of forming words by adding a prefix to the root.