Grammar Slides 2.1

Question 1

in order to talk about activities, you need to

Answer 1

use verbs

Question 2

verbs express

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actions or states of being

Question 3

the infinitive in Spanish is a one-word form and

Answer 3

can be recognized by its ending -ar, -er, -ir

Question 4

I study

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yo estudio

Question 5

you study (fam)

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tu estudias

Question 6

you/he/she studies

Answer 6

useted/el/ella estudia

Question 7

we study

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nosotros/as estudiamos

Question 8

you study (plural)

Answer 8

vosotros/as estudias

Question 9

you/they study

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usetedes/ellos/ellas estudian

Question 10

to create the form of the most regular verbs in spanish

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drop the infinitve endings (-ar, -er, -ir) you then ass to the stem the ending that is correct

Question 11

unless referring to a person, the verbs buscar, escuchar, esperar and mirar do not

Answer 11

need to be followed by preposition as they do in english

Question 12

Buscar la tarea

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Im looking for the homework

Question 13

Escucho la musica

Answer 13

Im listening to the music

Question 14

Espero el autobus

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Im waiting for the bus

Question 15

Miro la pizarra

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Im looking at the blackboard

Question 16

Spanish uses all forms to tak about the present in one

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• simple present (paco works)
• the present progressive (paco is working)
• Emphatic present (paco does word)

Question 17

when two verbs are used together with no change of subject,

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the 2nd verb is generally in the infinitive

Question 18

to make a sentence negative

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the word no is paced before the conjugated verb

Question 19

no means

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not

Question 20

Deseo hablar con el senor Diaz

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I want to speak with Mr. Diaz

Question 21

Alicia no desea bailar ahora

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Alicia doesnt want to dance now

Question 22

Spanish subject pronouns are used for

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emphasis, clarificiation or contrast

Question 23

Que ensenan?

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what do they teach?

Question 24

Ella ensena arte y el ensena fisica

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she teaches art and he teaches physics

Question 25

quien desea trabajar hoy?

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who wants to work today?

Question 26

yo no deseo trabajar hoy

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I dont want to work today

Question 27

to express your likes and dislikes, use the expression

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(no) me gusta + el/la + [ singular noun ] or (no) me gustan + los/las [ plural noun ]

Question 28

you may use the phrase a mi for emphasis but never use the subject pronoun

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yo.

Question 29

me gusta la musica clasica

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I like classical music

Question 30

a mi me gustan las artes

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i like the arts

Question 31

a mi no me gust el programa

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I dont like the program

Question 31

to talk about what ypu like and don’t like to do, use

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(no) me gusta + [ infininitives ]

Question 32

the singular gusta is always used, even with

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more than one infinitive

Question 33

no me gusta viajar en autobus

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I dont like to travel buy bus

Question 34

Me gusta cantar y bailar

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I like to sing and dance

Question 35

To ask sone else, use

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te instead of me

Question 36

you may use a ti for emphasis, but never the subject pronoun

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tu

Question 37

Te gusta la geografia?

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do you like geography?

Question 38

Si, me gusta. Y a ti. te gusta el ingles?

Answer 38

Yes I like it. and you, do you like english?

Question 39

you can use the same structure to talk about other people by using the pronouns

Answer 39

nos, le and les