Grammar Reminders Flashcards

1
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Ending in OR, AL, BLE are identical

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2
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Ending in IC is ICO

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3
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Ending in ENT is ENTE
ANT is ANTE

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4
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Ending with ous becomes oso

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5
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Ending in ist becomes ista

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6
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Ending in tion becomes cion

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7
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Lo is him it or that

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8
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Se is herself, eachother, or making something less personal more passive

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9
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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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10
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Past tense verb endings:
I is E
You is O

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11
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Words ending in Ty become dad

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Capacity > capacidad

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12
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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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13
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You are never at a place. Only in.

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14
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Ending in ry becomes rio

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Imaginary > imaginario

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15
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Ending in em or am to ema or ama

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Poem > poema

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16
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Use a when a person follows a verb

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Invite a mi mama

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17
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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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18
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E is for me.
O is for others
In past tense

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19
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Ending in ce becomes cia

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Experience > experienca

20
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Ending in cy becomes cia

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Agency > agencia

21
Q

Words staring with sp have an e at the beginning

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Special > especial

22
Q

Donde and como take esta. The rest take es

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23
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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

24
Q

Ending in Ive becomes ivo

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Active > activo

25
Q

Por is for communications and time
Para is for people and occasions

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26
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In English you add ly to the end of some adjectives to create adverbs.

Constant > constantly

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In Spanish you add mente

Constante > constantemente

27
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If you want to create an adverb in Spanish and it ends in O replace with A and add mente

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Completo > completamente

28
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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

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Vender > vendí

Vendió

29
Q

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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30
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Adjectives usually follow nouns

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The White House is el casa Blanca

31
Q

O is masculine. A is feminine

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32
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Ending in y becomes ia

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Energy > energia

33
Q

Pluralize verbs ending in ar with Amos for we and Aron for anybody else

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Trabajé
Trabajo
Trabajamos
Trabajaron

34
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Plural endings for er and ir verbs are imos and ieron

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35
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Words that end in ct become Spanish by adding an o

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Product > producto

36
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Present tense verbs ending in ar, er and ir first person remove and put o, third person a

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Hablo
Habla

37
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Creo isn’t just believe but also think

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38
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Past participle AR verbs remove the ar and add ado

Er and ir verbs remove and add ido

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Prepar becomes preparado

Viajar becomes viajado

39
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“He” means I have but you can only use it with other verbs.

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He preparado is I have prepared

40
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To add “ing” in English you add ando or iendo

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Escribir > escribiendo

41
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Está is for things

Esto is for concepts

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42
Q

Add ito to the end of any noun to make it a small thing

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Tú quieres jugito

Do you want a little juice

43
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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

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I wrote to her

Le escribió