Lesson 3.2.3 · Cómo es la gente
🙋 Describing People
Adjectives that describe people — height, age, mood, vibe. Remember ser/estar: 'es cansado' (he's a tiring person) vs 'está cansado' (he's tired right now).
Sub-lessons
Break this lesson into focused chunks. Each sub-lesson has its own Memory Lab — active recall, mnemonics, elaboration, interleaved review, and shadowing — scoped to just those words.
Looks & age
'Alto' covers both 'tall' (people) and 'high' (mountains, prices). 'Bajo' is the opposite for both.
tall / high
short (height)
fat
slim
old
young
Example sentences
Hoy estoy alto.
Today I feel tall / high.
Mi amigo es muy bajo.
My friend is very short (height).
La comida está gordo.
The food is fat.
Mini-diálogo
Mi amigo es muy alto.
My friend is very tall / high.
La comida está bajo.
The food is short (height).
Vibe & mood
Use 'estar' for temporary states (cansado, feliz) and 'ser' for traits (importante, famoso, malo).
bad
important
famous
tired
happy
interesting
Example sentences
Hoy estoy malo.
Today I feel bad.
Mi amigo es muy importante.
My friend is very important.
La comida está famoso.
The food is famous.
Mini-diálogo
Mi amigo es muy malo.
My friend is very bad.
La comida está importante.
The food is important.
Memory lab
Five research-backed techniques — active recall, mnemonics, elaboration, interleaving, and production — applied to this lesson's vocabulary. Your progress trains a spaced-repetition schedule under the hood.
Force the answer from memory before peeking. The struggle is the workout — that's the testing effect.
Recall from English
slim
Practice exercises
Test what stuck. Multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank — pulled live from this lesson's vocabulary.
feliz
famoso
gordo
joven
important
tired
Fill the blank
Mi amigo es muy _____.
My friend is very short (height).
Fill the blank
La comida está _____.
The food is famous.
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