Adjectives are describing words: big, yellow, happy, anything you can put is in front of. In Spanish they go after the noun they describe. Instead of "the global situation" you say "the situation global".
noun + adjective
la situación global the global situation
una cámara digital a digital camera
el auto grande the big car
el auto rojo the red car
There is some flexibility for emphasis, but after the noun is the normal standard position.
Quiero comprar una cámara digital · Quiero comprar la cámara digital · Quiero comprarla
2. el, la, un, una, and their plurals Grammar
You now have the full set of words for the and a, and the adjective goes plural along with the noun.
el / los the (masculine, singular and plural)
la / las the (feminine, singular and plural)
un a (masculine)
una a (feminine)
Las casas grandes · Los autos grandes · Los carros grandes · El carro · Un carro · La máquina · Una máquina
3. Many words for car, in both genders Vocabulary
Car is one of the words that changes a lot between dialects, though everybody understands all of them.
coche car (related to coach), masculine
carro car, two r's so a rolling r
auto car (from automóbil)
máquina car, literally machine, feminine
These all refer to a car, yet some are masculine and some feminine. It is not the car that has a gender, it is the noun, the word itself. Another instance of the same point.
Máquina is another example of qu producing a k sound.
4. The useful verbs are shortcuts in thought Method
Puedo, quiero, tengo que and debo are followed by a "to" form, which means the sentence gets longer but the thinking gets shorter.
no puedo encontrarlo
I can't find it: longer, but easier to build
no lo encuentro
I don't find it: what people actually say
English overuses can quite a lot. ¿Ves el auto grande? is the more common and more natural Spanish, but if you cannot get there quickly, ¿Puedes ver el auto grande? is fine.
In the beginning what you are trying to do is be conversational and structurally correct. Once you get over that hurdle, you will start noticing that people say things differently from you, and your speech will adjust by itself.
5. Start with the verb: it is the backbone Method
The student gets stuck on I stay, reaching for quedarme and then realising the me cannot go first because the verb is in the "to" form.
Start with the verb, with who is doing it. Once you have done that, it is not in the "to" form any more and the problem dissolves. The order of thought is very important: the verb is the backbone, and it is the first place you want to go.
quedar → quedo → me quedo
6. New vocabulary Vocabulary
grande big (English grand)
rojo red
en in
Rojo is spelled r-o-j-o, and j in Spanish is pronounced /kh/. It has an initial r, so roll it if you can.
Me quedo en el auto rojo · Me he quedado en el auto rojo · He comprado un auto rojo · Me he comprado un auto rojo