Preply Lesson 16

Question 1

The ordinal numbers primero and tercero drop the final -o before masculine, singular nouns.

Answer 1

Ejemplos:
—¿Qué día llegan Uds. a la pensión?
—Llegamos el primer día del mes.
—¿Dónde está Paco? ¿En el tercer piso?
—No, está en el primer piso, comprando toallas y jabón.

“What day are you arriving at the boarding house?”
“We’re arriving the first day of the month.”
“Where is Paco?
On the third floor?”
“No, he’s on the first floor, buying towels and soap.”

Question 2

Remember that cardinal numbers are used in Spanish for dates except for the first.

Answer 2

Ejemplo:

—¿Qué día es hoy? —
Hoy es treinta de abril.
Mañana es primero de mayo.
Es el Día del Trabajo.
“What day is it today?”
“Today is April 30th.

Question 3

song

Answer 3

canción

Question 4

violin

Answer 4

violín

Question 5

Use estar with present progressive

The present progressive is a compound tense in Spanish, as it is in English. It is formed by conjugating estar in the present tense and adding the present participle of the main verb. The present participle, hereafter referred to as the gerund, is the -ing form of a verb in English. The tense is also called the present

Answer 5

Add ando or iendo at the end

Words ending with ar - add drop ar add ando

Words ending with ir, er drop the or, or er and add iendo

Question 6

beber

Answer 6

bebiendo

Question 7

comer

Answer 7

comiendo

Question 8

correr

Answer 8

corriendo

Question 9

coser

Answer 9

cosiendo

Question 10

devolver

Answer 10

devolviendo

Question 11

mover

Answer 11

moviendo

Question 12

perder

Answer 12

perdiendo

Question 13

poner

Answer 13

poniendo

Question 14

volver

Answer 14

volviendo

Question 15

abrazar

Answer 15

abrazando

Question 16

adivinar

Answer 16

adivinando

Question 17

alquilar

Answer 17

alquilando

Question 18

arreglar

Answer 18

arreglando

Question 19

bajar

Answer 19

bajando

Question 20

arriesgar

Answer 20

arriesgando

Question 21

comenzar

Answer 21

comenzando

Question 22

entregar

Answer 22

entregando

Question 23

esperar

Answer 23

esperando

Question 24

fregar

Answer 24

fregando

Question 25

mostrar

Answer 25

mostrando

Question 26

pensar

Answer 26

pensando

Question 27

probar

Answer 27

probando

Question 28

recordar

Answer 28

recordando

Question 29

sacar

Answer 29

sacando

Question 30

temblar

Answer 30

temblando

Question 31

volar

Answer 31

volanodo

Question 32

soñar

Answer 32

soñando

Question 33

abrir

Answer 33

abriendo

Question 34

compartir

Answer 34

compartiendo

Question 35

decidir

Answer 35

decidiendo

Question 36

escribir

Answer 36

escribiendo

Question 37

insistir

Answer 37

insistiendo

Question 38

recibir

Answer 38

recibiendo

Question 39

subir

Answer 39

subiendo

Question 40

sufrir

Answer 40

sufriendo

Question 41

atraer

Answer 41

atraeyendo

Question 42

caer

Answer 42

cayendo

Question 43

creer

Answer 43

creyendo

Question 44

leer

Answer 44

leyendo

Question 45

poseer

Answer 45

poseyendo

Question 46

traer

Answer 46

trayendo

Question 47

construir

Answer 47

construyendo

Question 48

contribuir

Answer 48

contribuyendo

Question 49

huir

Answer 49

huyendo

Question 50

oír

Answer 50

oyendo

Question 51

dormir

Answer 51

durmiendo

Question 52

morir

Answer 52

muriendo

Question 53

advertir

Answer 53

advirtiendo

Question 54

hervir

Answer 54

hirviendo

Question 55

mentir

Answer 55

mintiendo

Question 56

preferir

Answer 56

prefiriendo

Question 57

referir

Answer 57

refiriendo

Question 58

sentir

Answer 58

sintiendo

Question 59

sugerir

Answer 59

sugiriendo