Grammar Reminders Flashcards
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Ending in OR, AL, BLE are identical
Ending in IC is ICO
Ending in ENT is ENTE
ANT is ANTE
Ending with ous becomes oso
Ending in ist becomes ista
Ending in tion becomes cion
Lo is him it or that
Se is herself, eachother, or making something less personal more passive
Spanish nouns that end in acion can become verbs by removing the acion and adding verb endings
Preparacion becomes prepare
Past tense verb endings:
I is E
You is O
Words ending in Ty become dad
Capacity > capacidad
You don’t say “I had coffee” rather “I took coffee” same goes for all food and drink
Tome is the verb
Tome cafe
You are never at a place. Only in.
Ending in ry becomes rio
Imaginary > imaginario
Ending in em or am to ema or ama
Poem > poema
Use a when a person follows a verb
Invite a mi mama
Al is a contraction of a and el
Visite al doctor not visite a el doctor
E is for me.
O is for others
In past tense
Ending in ce becomes cia
Experience > experienca
Ending in cy becomes cia
Agency > agencia
Words staring with sp have an e at the beginning
Special > especial
Donde and como take esta. The rest take es
To form the infinitive of any verb remove the e from the past tense and add ar
Hable > hablar
Ending in Ive becomes ivo
Active > activo