Grammar Reminders Flashcards

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Ending in OR, AL, BLE are identical

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Ending in IC is ICO

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Ending in ENT is ENTE
ANT is ANTE

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Ending with ous becomes oso

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Ending in ist becomes ista

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Ending in tion becomes cion

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Lo is him it or that

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Se is herself, eachother, or making something less personal more passive

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Spanish nouns that end in acion can become verbs by removing the acion and adding verb endings

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Preparacion becomes prepare

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Past tense verb endings:
I is E
You is O

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Words ending in Ty become dad

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Capacity > capacidad

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You don’t say “I had coffee” rather “I took coffee” same goes for all food and drink

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Tome is the verb

Tome cafe

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You are never at a place. Only in.

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Ending in ry becomes rio

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Imaginary > imaginario

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Ending in em or am to ema or ama

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Poem > poema

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Use a when a person follows a verb

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Invite a mi mama

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Al is a contraction of a and el

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Visite al doctor not visite a el doctor

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E is for me.
O is for others
In past tense

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Ending in ce becomes cia

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Experience > experienca

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Ending in cy becomes cia

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Agency > agencia

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Words staring with sp have an e at the beginning

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Special > especial

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Donde and como take esta. The rest take es

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To form the infinitive of any verb remove the e from the past tense and add ar

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Hable > hablar

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Ending in Ive becomes ivo

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Active > activo

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Por is for communications and time Para is for people and occasions
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In English you add ly to the end of some adjectives to create adverbs. Constant > constantly
In Spanish you add mente Constante > constantemente
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If you want to create an adverb in Spanish and it ends in O replace with A and add mente
Completo > completamente
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Past tense for er and ir ending verbs is removing them and add I for single person and IO for everyone else
Vender > vendí Vendió
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If a noun ends in a verb add s to form the plural If it ends in a consonant add es
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Adjectives usually follow nouns
The White House is el casa Blanca
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O is masculine. A is feminine
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Ending in y becomes ia
Energy > energia
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Pluralize verbs ending in ar with Amos for we and Aron for anybody else
Trabajé Trabajo Trabajamos Trabajaron
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Plural endings for er and ir verbs are imos and ieron
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Words that end in ct become Spanish by adding an o
Product > producto
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Present tense verbs ending in ar, er and ir first person remove and put o, third person a
Hablo Habla
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Creo isn’t just believe but also think
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Past participle AR verbs remove the ar and add ado Er and ir verbs remove and add ido
Prepar becomes preparado Viajar becomes viajado
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“He” means I have but you can only use it with other verbs.
He preparado is I have prepared
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To add “ing” in English you add ando or iendo
Escribir > escribiendo
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Está is for things Esto is for concepts
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Add ito to the end of any noun to make it a small thing
Tú quieres jugito Do you want a little juice
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Anytime a verb can take the word to or for after you have to put le or la in front of it
I wrote to her Le escribió
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No para de llover
It does t stop raining