Grammer book
- 2. Table of contents Imperfect preterite Preterite : -car, -gar,-zar; spock, cucaracha; snake Modal verbs Adverbs Progressive : present & past Future – irregular Superlatives
- 3. Preterite -ar -er/ir e i aste iste o io amos imos aron ieron
- 4. Preterite (past) Tense -ar -er/ir • -é • -í • -aste • -iste • -ó • -ió • -amos • imos • -aron • ieron
- 5. Preterite TOCAR JUGAR COMENZAR Toque Jugue Comence Tocaste Jugaste Comenzaste Toco Jugo Comenzo Tocamos Jugamos Comenzamos Tocaron Jugaron Comezaron
- 6. Preterite continued car gar zar • yo • yo • yo • Qué • gué • cé Sacar : c -> qu (yo) saqué Pagar: g -> gu (yo) pagué Empezar: z-> c (yo) empecé
- 7. Spock (irregular preterite verbs) hacer ir/ser Dar(d)/Ver(v) Hice Fui i Hiciste Fuiste Iste Hizo Fue ió Hicimos Fuimos Imos Hiceron Fueron ieron
- 8. Preterite Trigger Words Ayer Anoche Anteayer La semana pasada El año pasado
- 9. cucaracha
- 10. snake
- 11. Modal Verbs ir a infinitive (one able to poder infinitive do something) (want to do querer infinitive something) (should do deber infinitive something) Tener infinitive (To have to do que something) (to be soler infinitive accustomed to)
- 12. Most Spanish adverbs are formed by adding –mente to the feminine singular form of Los adverbios the adjective. This ending corresponds to –ly in English. –E ending does not change r in constenant. Feminine adjective Adverb Form When two adverbs modify the same verb, only the Claro Clara Claramente second one uses the –mente ending. Note the adverb is the same as the feminine singular form of the adjective. Constante Constante Constantemente Ex: Juan trabaja lenta y cuidadosamente.
- 13. Irregular adverbs: Mucho- a lot Muy- very bastante- quite enough Mal- bad Bien- good Ya- already Tan- so Demasiado- too Siempre- always Nunca- never Poco- little Peor- worse
- 14. Progressive Tense (present) The present progressive is formed by combining the verb “to be” with the present participle. (-ing -iendo or part of verb) estar -ando Yendo Examples: 1. Estaba hablando a ti. (I was talking to you.) 2. Estabas nadando en el rio. ( you were swimming in the river.)
- 16. Future infinitive + é infinitive + ás infinitive + á infinitive + emos infinitive + án
- 18. Superlatives When you want to say that something has the most or the least of a certain quality, use a superlative! El El más menos Ex: Los Los Luis es el más alto. más menos ( Luis is the tallest.) Carmen es la más pequeña. La (Carmen is the smallest.) La más menos Las Las más menos