Qué poco =how little /El que,La que = the one/ Cuanto más = the more /de lo más = incredibly/ el+infinitive=noun Flashcards

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How little this boy eats!

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¡Qué poco come este niño!

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2
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How little your husband talks!

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¡Qué poco habla tu marido!

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How little we’ve been going out lately!

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¡Qué poco salimos últimamente!

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How little light there is in this room.

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¡Qué poca luz hay en esta habitación! Poca used to match feminine luz

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How very few classes there are left to finish! (How few classes to us it remains in order to finish.)

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¡Qué pocas clases nos quedan para terminar! Pocas to match plural feminine clases.

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The one who is always complaining doesn’t have many friends. (3 diffeerent ways to say the one)

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  1. El que / 2. La que / 3. Quien siempre está quejándose no tiene muchos amigos.
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The more he speaks, the less attractive I find him. (the less attractive he results to me).

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Cuanto más habla, menos atractivo me resulta.
Cuanto más + verb…. más o menos +adjective / verb

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The less I see you, the better. Subjunctive triggered

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Cuanto menos te vea, mejor. Subjunctive triggered by cuanto menos

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My parents, the older (they get), the more their health suffers. (the more delicate of health)

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Mis padres, cuanto más mayores, mas delicados de salud.
Cuanto más + adjective … más + adjective. Cuanto doesn’t change with adjectives

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The more flour you add to the dough, the drier it will get.

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Cuanta más harina eches a la masa, más seca quedará.
Cuanto /a/os/as más / menos + noun, más / menos
Cuanta matches feminine flour
Cuanta más triggers subjunctive

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This book is incredibly interesting. I’ve read it 3 times.

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Este libro es de lo más interesante. Lo he leido tres veces.
Verb ser + de lo más + adjective. Here we are emphasizing the adjective. de lo más = incredibly

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Those girls are incredibly tacky (hortera). Look at the clothes they are wearing.

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Esas chicas son de lo más hortera. Mira la ropa que llevan.
The adjective hortera only exists in that form of hortera. Lo is always used.

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That girl seems incredibly foolish to me.

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Esa chica me parece de lo más insensata.
parecer + de lo más

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14
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I am extremely furious with Miguel

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Estoy de lo más furiosa con Miguel.

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Drinking in excess can be dangerous.
Use el + the verb infinitive to make the infinitive a noun (Drinking)

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El beber en exceso puede ser peligroso.
Beber en …..

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16
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The sunrise / the sunset in this town is beautiful.

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El amanecer / el anochecer en este pueblo es precioso.
Amanecer is the infinitive of the verb meaning to rise the sun. By adding el before the infinitive the verb is changed into a noun. El amanecer = the sunrise
Anochecer is the infinitive of the verb meaning to set the sun. By adding el before the infinitive the verb is changed into a noun. El anochecer = the sunset

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The sunrises / the sunsets in this town are beautiful.

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Los amaneceres / los anocheceres en este pueblo son preciosos.
Amanecer is the infinitive of the verb meaning to rise the sun. By adding los before the infinitive the verb is changed into a plural noun. Los amaneceres = the sunrises
Anochecer is the infinitive of the verb meaning to set the sun. By adding los before the infinitive the verb is changed into a plural noun. Los anocheceres = the sunsets