K2_02 Flashcards

1
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  1. vb to spit (rain) -> a few drops (of rain) -> sparkles (eg,on biscuits) -> sparks
  2. it’s humid [adj -> N humidity]
  3. Another word for “rayo”, as in lightening bolt?
  4. How do we speak 1,35 Euros?
  5. Interview. A speaks B says ¿Ya? or ¿Ya? ¿Ha[s] terminado? A. speaks … What did B mean with ya?
A
  1. chispear -> unos chispatos -> chispazos -> chispas
  2. hace humido [-> humEdad]
  3. relámpago
  4. Uno con treinta cinco euros.
  5. ¿Hay más? ie have you finished
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  1. Why detenga in: En cuanto llame, me van a ordenar que lo detenga. (arrest)
  2. What are los verbos de influenciar [Hierarchy most Power to least]: A -> F (9 vbs)
  3. When is the only time the subj does NOT appear alone?
  4. What vb subst 4 pedir? When?
  5. Why pedir not always followed by subj.?
A
  1. Porque “detener a alguien” depende de ordenar [un verbo de influenciar]
  2. A. exigir B. mandar, ordenar C. prohibir, permitir D. pedir, soliciar (burocracia) E. suplicar F. rogar
  3. When a contraction - Que tengas un buen día
  4. Decir. When relating what asked eg Me han dicho que venga pronto
  5. S.times just transmitting info
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  1. When put double colon in front of words? What called in Spanish?
  2. When use a semi-colon?
  3. What is the correct way to write a list with bullet points in Spanish
  4. Write: They told me, “come quickly”.
  5. When say: nunca jamás p.e. he visitado China. Why?
A
  1. When quoting them word for word. los dos puntos.
  2. When the pause is a little longer than a comma.
  3. Bla bla bla: [bullet point] Mayuscula … [punto]
  4. Me han dicho: “Ven pronto”.
  5. To talk in an exaggerated style. Cos jamás means the same as nunca, but used less often
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  1. What T follows Es lógico que? Why?
  2. What T follows Es cierto/obvio que? Why?
  3. What is the trick with [?] claro que?
  4. What does en sí mean?
A
  1. Subj. Es una valoración (subjetivo)
  2. Ind. Es un verdad (onjetivo)
  3. Es está claro que + ind
  4. on its own or in itself
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  1. to have a good income [Alt N know?]
  2. to spread the butter
  3. the developing countries
  4. to pay in instalments
A
  1. tener una buen renta [= ingresos]
  2. untar la mantequilla
  3. los paises en vias de desarollo
  4. pagar a plazos
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  1. What prep: especializarse [?] algo
  2. What p: X es diferente [?] algo
  3. What p: acceso [?] comida sana. Why?
  4. What p: tener concienca [?] algo
  5. What p: X es similar/parecido [?] algo
  6. What p: ser consciente [?] algo
A
  1. especializarse en algo
  2. X es diferente de algo
  3. acceso a comida sana <- acceder a
  4. tener concienca de algo [to be aware of]
  5. es similar/parecido a algo
  6. ser consciente de algo
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  1. The govt. should deal with the problems of … [loc vb. to tackle]
  2. Obestity and poverty are intimately linked
  3. heart attack pacients <- N heart attack
  4. there’s a factor which is seldom looked at
  5. a foreboding, as in an aprehension
A
  1. El gobierno debe hacer frente a los problemas de .. [hacer frente a algo]
  2. La obesidad y la pobreza están intimamente ligadas
  3. pacientes infartados <- infarto
  4. hay un factor que se mira poco
  5. un aprensión
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  1. Infml: I’m really tired [CLUE: N = sound of s.th hitting ground eg drop of water]
  2. My clothes were too big [Nb: 2 possible vbs]
  3. often -> something small = a slight person -> What a car or T-shirt!
  4. every time he shook the hand of a visitar [NOT: dar la mano]
  5. Fml: … after committing some embezzlement [<- vb = to embezzle]
A
  1. Estoy muy plof
  2. la ropa me venía/me quedaba ancha
  3. a menudo -> algo menudo = una persona menuda -> ¡Menudo coche! ¡MenudA camisa!
  4. cada vez que se la estrechaba una visita [estrechar la mano a alguien, here la = mano]
  5. … tras perpetrar algún desfalco [ <- desfalcar]
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  1. the clothes shrunk [vb -> N = a shrinking or shrinkage]
  2. A. How use durar? B. What struct?
  3. A. How use tardar B. What struct?
  4. to warn <- she was warned not to arrive late [struct with N] [CLUE: not avisar o aviso]
  5. What is a v common spoken vb = darse cuenta or fijarse en
A
  1. la ropa encogió [encoger -> encogimiento, incluso un encogimiento de hombros]
  2. To express how long s.th lasts? B. durar + length of time or N eg flight
  3. To say how long it takes s.o. to do s.th. B. tardar + [amount of time] + en + inf
  4. advertir <- Tenía la advertencia de no llegar tarde.
  5. notar [to notice or realise]
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  1. PAS what should you say when mean next, in a sequence?
  2. What struct follows seguir or continuar?
  3. Vbs: swallow -> to choke
  4. N: windowsill
  5. Time exp: After a few days
  6. It’s a troubled world [as in, disturbed]
A
  1. siguiente [NOT próximo]
  2. gerundio p.e continuar creciendo
  3. tragar -> atragantarse
  4. el alféizar
  5. A los pocos días
  6. es un mundo turbado
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  1. How know when to ANSWER “Yo también OR A mí tambien?
  2. What is A mí también a contraction of?
  3. What are 3 verbos de sentimiento (beyond gustar, encantar)?
  4. When put accent above el? Exception?
  5. When use “mío”? eg re a car
A
  1. Yo es un pronombre objeto directo (OD). A mí es un pronombre objecto indirecto (OI). Use “a mí” with verbos de sentimiento
  2. A mí [me gusta] también [ir a la cine]
  3. importar, interesar, molestar
  4. When is a pronombre OI? p.e “A él no le importa” CF “el coche”. ONLY other is mí ie NOT ti
  5. pronombre de possession p.e. “es mío -> coche
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  1. What is the OD in: A.Me lavo. CF B.Me lavo las manos
  2. How many tiempos are there?
  3. How many modos are they? (Name)
  4. How many formas no personales? (Name)
  5. How many tiempos verbales? (Name)
  6. How many voices
A
  1. A. Me = pronombre OD B. Las manos = OD and Me = pronombre OI
  2. 4 tiempos (presente, pasado, futuro, condicional)
  3. indicativo (hechos), subjuntivo (sentimentos), imperativo (modo diirecto)
  4. infinitivo (-ar, -er, -ir), participio (-ido, -ado), gerundio (-iendo, ando)
  5. simple, compuesto perfecto (haber + vb)
  6. Active and passive (fue escrito por …)
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  1. What are the 4 uses of the presente indicativo
  2. Is an eg of?: paseo todos los días
  3. Is an eg of?: Cádiz es una ciudad trimilenaria
  4. Is an eg of?: A.Colon descubre America in 1492 B. When use in spoken speech?
  5. Is an eg of?: Mañana nos vemos B. Why use in spoken speech?
A
  1. Habitual, idea general, pasado historica, FUTURO
  2. Habitual
  3. Idea general
  4. A. Pasado historico B. when relating an anecdote or joke p.e “ … el camareo llega 20 minutos más tarde”
  5. A. Futuro B. Because is shorter and quicker to say [DOESN’T matter how far into future eg voy a + inf (un perífrasis), still in presente indicativo]
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  1. What are the uses of the preterito indefinido? (2)
  2. … of the: preterito perfecto? (2)
  3. What NEVER use preterito imperfecto for?
  4. What pluscuamperfecto lit. mean?
  5. How use preterito pluscuamperfecto in speech? What MUST accompany it?
A
  1. A. acción puntual en el pasado B. valoración p.e. fue genial
  2. acción cercana a presente B. valoración p.e ha sido bien
  3. Valoraciones
  4. más perfecto
  5. A. To communicate surprise B. A word like ya, nunca, antes etc
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  1. What 3 uses pret plusc.?
  2. What use is: I’d never skydived before yesterday? Does “yesterday” matter?
  3. What use is: Paco and Maria got married in April, and you won’t believe it, by June they were divorced. Why use it?
  4. What use pret impf in colq = similar to condicional?
  5. What else use pret impr in spoken speech? Eg. Marta ¿You lived in Spain before ….?
A
  1. A. time before another time in the past. B. Una experiencia realizado por primera vez C. acción posterior en contexto infml
  2. A. Nunca había hecho paracaidismo hasta ayer B. An experience 4 the 1st time. C. No, yesterday or 10 years ago it doesn’t matter
  3. Paco y Maria se casaon en abril, y no te lo vas a creer, en junio ya se habían divorciado. B. Acción posterior + infml speech C. to communica surprise
  4. Cortesia p.e un camarero, ¿Señor que querría tener?
  5. A slight doubt but not completely forgotton “ ¿Marta vivías en España antes …?
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  1. What is the ONLY purpose of the futuro simple?
  2. Why is that the only use of the simple future?
  3. How else express approx./hypothesis in the present?
  4. What two purposes of futuro perfecto?
A
  1. en presente, especulación/probabilidad [ie when not sure] eg. how old is Brad Pitt? No lo se. Tend 60 años.
  2. Cos’ use pres. indic. to talk about the future.
  3. Puede ser que + sub (venga o viniera, depending how likely)
  4. A. An action in the future realised B4 another action in the future. B. Speculation/probability about an action that happened in the past
17
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  1. It’s a little risqué/raunchy (eg a movie)
  2. Sorry, I don’t really understand [it] [refl vb - to make sense to s.b]
  3. I don’t really know how to explain it [to you] [CF vb to 2.]
  4. but, it’s very far-fetched [Exp. adj <- vb]
  5. a tracksuit
A
  1. Es un poco subido de tono
  2. Perdón, no me lo explico bien [explicarSE]
  3. no sé muy bien cómo explicártelo [explicar]
  4. pero es muy rebuscado [adj <- rebuscar = to look/search CAREFULLY
  5. un chándal