University SPAN 111 Flashcards
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Nationality genders
Señor español, Señora española, Señor inglés, Señora inglesa
how
Cómo
which
Cuál
where
Dónde
what
Qué
Who
Quién
Why
Por qué
when
Cuándo
There is
hay
asking yes/no questions
pronoun + verb + noun ustedes estudian frances
pronouns
Yo Tú (friend, relative, child) Usted Él / ella Nosotros(as) We Vosotros(as) plural of you Ellos(as) They
location of adjectives
That describe quantity come before the noun
Quality/descriptive adjectives come after
Bueno and malo can come before the noun if you drop the o (un mal libro)
Grande comes before if you drop the e (means great, magnificent)
Possessive adj.
Mi / mis (my)
Tu / tus (your)
Su / sus (your ud., his, hers, its, their)
Nuestro(a) / nuestros(as) - our
Vuestro(a), vuestros(as) - (your familiar plural)
Demonstrative pronouns
este (a) this ese (a) that aquel(lla) that over there estos(as) these esos(as) those Aquellos(as) those in the distance Pronouns in neutral: esto, eso, aquello (ideas, situations, things)
Possession
Article of the possesion + posession + de + owner (La casa de Juan)
Contractions: de + el = del, a + el = al
*careful not to merge él
Personal a
Used before a direct object (recipient of verb) refering to a person.
Yo conozco a Roberto.
Always repeat the a before people if there are many.
Do not use for a thing or place or following tener.
Future tense
: ir a + infinitive (voy a estudiar)
Present progressive
Estar + verb + ending -ando (AR), -iendo (IR/ER)
Verb never changes, estar conjugation does based on object
Estás estudiando? No, estoy escribiendo.
Present progressive irregular verbs
Decir - diciendo saying Dormir - durmiendo sleeping Leer - leyendo reading Pedir - pidiendo asking for Servir - sirviendo serving Traer - trayendo bringing
Pronouns objects of prepositions
mí (me), ti (you), conmigo (with me), contigo (with you)
Comparative
Más or menos + adjective/adverb/noun + que Use de instead of que before a quantity
Equality
Tan as + adverb/adjective + como
Tanto(a)(s) as much + noun + como
Superlative
definite article + noun + más or menos + adjective + de
Comparative words
mejor (better skill/quality), peor (worse skill/quality), mayor (older), menor (younger), grande (bigger), pequeño (smaller), buen (good character), malo (bad character)
