olvidar y olvidarse Flashcards
(34 cards)
olividar is transitive, so it always needs one of these…
a direct object–you can’t just “forget” you need to “forget something”
I forgot the keys.
Olvidé las llaves
Forget it!
¡Olvídalo!
I will never forget you.
Jamás te olvidaré
Don’t forget your change.
No olvide su vuelto
We’ll never forget our great friend Paul.
Nunca olvidaremos a nuestro gran amigo Pablo.
I’m never going to forget my trip (visit) to Ecuador.
No voy a olvidar nunca mi visita a Ecuador.
Olvidarse (like most pronominal verbs) is intransitive, so it doesn’t need one of these….
a direct object
I forgot
Me olvidé.
Olvidarse is especially good for describing something you forgot to do, but because it is intransitive it should be followed by ______
the preposition ‘de’
I forgot to put the alarm on.
Me olvidé de poner la alarma.
You forgot me.
Te olvidaste de mí.
He forgot to lock the door.
(Él) Se olvidó de cerrar la puerta.
Why do we forget important dates?
¿Por qué nos olvidamos de fechas importantes?
To say something was forgotten by accident use ________’
olvidársele algo o alguien’
I forgot the icecream
Se me olvidó el helado.
Before I forget.
Antes de que se me olvide.
He forgot the book. (or rather, the book was forgotten to him)
Se le olvidó el libro (a él)
She forgot the telephone number (or rather, the telephone number was forgotten to her)
Se le olvidó el número de teléfono (a ella)
I forgot to buy flowers. (or rather the buying of the flowers was forgotten to me)
Se me olvidó comprar flores (a mí). (Note: Is singular because “comprar” the action is singular)
I forgot the keys. (or rather, the keys were forgotten to me).
Se me olvidaron las llaves (a mí). (Note keys is plural so we use olvidaron.)
He forgot his briefcase.
Se le olvidó el maletín.
I’m sorry, I’d completely forgotten!
¡Lo siento, se me había olvidado por completo!
¿Te has olvidado de lo que me prometiste?
Have you fogotten what you promised me?
