A Spanish Drill

Here's the first of some drills for simple Spanish. Speak each sentence aloud, until they become easy. They should come out like this: 

Estoy contenta.
Estoy cansada.
Estoy ocupada. etc. 

I want to tell someone how I feel in Spanish. That's pretty easy.

Estoy __________. (I am _____ .)

—contenta (content)
—enferma (ill)
—occupada (worried)
—felíz (happy)
—enojada (angry)
—cansada (tired)

All these sentences have an adjective as the last word, and the adjectives are feminine gender (most end in "a") because I am a woman. But suppose I'm Rico. I have to change the adjectives to show my machismo (;-). So:

Estoy ________. (I am _______.)

—contento (content)
—enfermo (ill)
—occupado (worried)
—felíz (happy)
—enojado (angry)
—cansado (tired)

If Rico said "Estoy enferma." people would understand him, but they might joke that he's sicker than he knows!

The sentences talk about a single person, I. If more than one person is involved, the adjective must reflect that fact. So, if I speak for both Rico and myself, I say:

Estamos __________. (We are _____.) 

—contentos (content)
—enfermos (ill)
—occupados (worried)
—felices (happy)
—enojados (angry)
—cansados (tired)

In Spanish, mixed-gender groups get masculine adjectives, and single-gender groups get the appropriate gender. If I'm speaking for a groups of women, we get:

Estamos __________. (We are _____.) 

—contentas (content)
—enfermas (ill)
—occupadas (worried)
—felices (happy)
—enojadas (angry)
—cansadas (tired)

 If you know other adjectives, you can place them at the end of the list when you speak the drills aloud. (Did I mention that you learn to speak a language by speaking?) Just remember to change the form appropriately, in number and gender. 

 Rule: Spanish adjectives agree with the nouns or pronouns they modify in number and gender.