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gracias
thanks, thank you [preliminary]
muchos gracias
Thank you very much [preliminary]
de nada
you’re welcome [preliminary]
no hay de qué
You’re welcome [preliminary]
por favor
please (also used to get someone’s attention) [preliminary]
perdón
pardon me, excuse me (to ask forgiveness or to get someone’s attention [preliminary]
con permiso
pardon me, excuse me (to request permission to pass by or through a group of people) [preliminary]
ser describes:
describes yourself and others
“to be” [preliminary]
hay expresses:
there is and there are [preliminary]
no hay means
there is not and there are not [preliminary]
¿hay…? asks:
is there…? or are there…? [preliminary]
verb
a word that describes an action or a state of being [preliminary]
noun
a word that denotes a person, place, thing, or idea [preliminary]
infinitive
a verb form that indicates action or state of being without reference to person, time, or number.
*DRINK not drinking/drink -all infinitives end in -ar, -er, or -ir -infinitives in English are indicated by to: to speak, to eat, to live. [preliminary]
interrogative
a word, phrase, or sentence used to ask a question
*anything used to ask a question
[chapter 1]
diphthong
-a combination of two vowel sounds in one syllable
-pronounced as a single syllable in Spanish,
-two weak vowels
-combination of a strong and weak vowel
[chapter 1]
weak vowels
i or u [chapter 1]
strong vowels
a, e, or o [chapter 1]
article
a determiner that sets off a noun [chapter 1]
definite article
-an article that indicates a specific noun
-means: the
-el/la
[chapter 1]
indefinite article
-an article that indicates an unspecified noun
-means a/an or one
-un or una
[chapter 1]
plural articles el --> la--> un--> una-->
el –>los
la–>las
un–>unos
una–>unas
*unos and unas means some, several, or a few
[chapter 1]
subject
the person or thing that performs the action in a sentence
[chapter 1]
pronoun
a word that takes the place of a noun or represents a person
[chapter 1]