SPAN-2311 Mid-Term

Question 1

Por vs Para

Answer 1

Por
-Por is always cause (has happened)
-Por is always by (except deadline
-Through
-Exchange, in place of

Para
-In order to (hasn’t happened yet)
-Recipient, destination
-Deadline
-Opinion/POV
-Employment

Question 2

Reciprocal reflexes

Answer 2

Two people:
-Se miran/nos miramos
-Se besaron/nos besamos
-Se miraban/nos mirábamos

Question 3

Preterite vs. imperfect rule of thumb

Answer 3

1) Habit?
2) “___ing”?
3) Time/weather/age/appearance?
4) Emotional states/desires/opinions?

If any of these four = imperfect.

If none of these = preterite

Question 4

Mine, theirs, hers, his, etc.

Answer 4

-Mío/mía / míos/mías
-Tuyo/tuya / tuyos/tuyas
-Suyo/suya / suyos/suyas
-Nuestro/nuestra / nuestros/nuestras
-Suyo/suya suyos/suyas

Agrees with the gender and sng/plr. of object being owned

No article needed after ser
Becomes a pronoun once the object is removed

Question 5

Command irregulars positives

Answer 5

Ven - venir
Di - decir
Sal - salir
Haz - hacer
Ten - tener
Ve - ir
Pons - poner
Sé - ser

Question 6

Command irregulars negatives

Answer 6

S - ser - seas
I - ir - vayas
D - dar - des
E - estar - estés
S - saber - sepas

Question 7

Command positives - rules

Answer 7

Decir - Dime/No me digas
-Never terminates in “S”
-Use the él/ella form in the present tense

Come! - Eat!
Di! - Tell!

—When adding pronoun, add the pronoun to the end, cover the pronoun(s) and count back two syllables to add the accent

Eschúame! - Listen to me!

—When adding a pronoun to a one syllable word - no accent; UNLESS you are adding two syllables to a one syllable word

Dime! - Tell me!

Question 8

Command negative - rules

Answer 8

Decir - Dime/No me digas
-Always terminates in “S”
-Present tense yo form, drop “o” (stem change & irregular yo forms remain)
-ar -> es
—car, gar, zar = c->qu, g->gu, z->c
-er/-ir -> as

—When adding a pronoun, add the pronoun before the verb

¡Ana, no estudies! -> ¡Anna, no los estudies!