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Tiene los ojos azules — describing people
Module 1 of the free Spanish course (CEFR A1, first half), lesson 22 of 30: Spanish describes eyes and hair with tener: Tiene los ojos azules, literally "he has the eyes blue". On this page: 7 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's QR.
The words
Spanish
English
Say it
tiene los ojos azules
he has blue eyes
TYEH-neh lohs OH-hohs ah-SOO-lehs
tengo los ojos marrones
I have brown eyes
TEHN-goh lohs OH-hohs mah-RROH-nehs
tiene el pelo negro
she has black hair
TYEH-neh ehl PEH-loh NEH-groh
el pelo largo
long hair
ehl PEH-loh LAR-goh
el pelo corto
short hair
ehl PEH-loh KOHR-toh
rubio
blond (m)
RROO-byoh
rubia
blond (f)
RROO-byah
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
Hear the words
Each word is read twice — say it back in the gap. Computer-generated voice; credits on the course page.
La regla · The rule
Spanish describes eyes and hair with tener: Tiene los ojos azules — literally "he has the eyes blue". The color sits last, where Lesson 14 put it.
Y también · And also
The frame is fixed: tengo / tienes / tiene + los or el + body word + color or size word, everything agreeing in number — ojos azules (plural), pelo corto (singular). Build your own true line first.
Ojo · Watch out
Eyes and hair are described with tener and the article: tiene los ojos azules — never es los ojos azules. And the color agrees: ojos azules, pelo negro.
Do it now — on paper
Say all 7 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with tiene los ojos azules.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write two sentences of your own that get the watch-out line right, then the two practice pages of workbook lesson 22 in Module 1 are the written half of this page.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The Spanish Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
Keep these words
Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.