Spanish verbs Use the preterit when you want: To indicate an action that took place in the past: Ellos se casaron el mes pasado They got married the last month To express an action completed at a definite moment in the past: Yo estuve en su casa por tres horas I was in their house […]
Nouns are either masculine of femenine in Spanish. Sometimes to identify the gender in these nouns is not that obvious and the ending is an indication of grammatical gender. Most nouns ending in –a are femenine and most ending in –o are masculine. Besides, the masculine article el and the femenine article la are placed
The plural of nouns is formed by adding the plural endings –s or –es. A definite article, los before masculine nouns and las before feminine nouns indicates the plural. Nouns that end in a vowel add –s: El café/los cafés coffe El vino/los vinos wine La casa/las casas house La niña/las niñas girl Nouns
The definite articles in Spanish introduces the noun it precedes and it agrees with it in gender and number. The English equivalent is the: La, Las – singular and plural femenine forms El, los – singular and plural masculine forms WHEN ARE DEFINITE ARTICLES IN SPANISH used? We can note that definite
The indefinite article refers to one individual out of a general group. English has two forms: a and an. In Spanish have two genders: Feminine forms: Una a, an Unas a few, some Una pera es una fruta A pear is a fruit Masculine forms: Un a, an Unos a few,
To conjugate a verb in the present tense (or any other tense), you will need the root of a verb and the particular ending. You will find the root of the verb in the infinitive form. Infinitives in Spanish can be recognized by one of three endings: -ar, -er or –ir, attached to
To describe an action happening now (-ing form in english): Luis llega a la puerta – Luis is arriving at the gate Ahora veo a Ana – Now I see Ana. To express actions that take place regularly: Normalmente compro frutas en el supermercado – Usually, I buy fruit at the
OTHER FREQUENTLY USED VERBS WITH IRREGULAR FORMS: Decir (to say) Ir (to go) Oír (to hear) Digo Decimos Voy Vamos Oigo Oímos Dices Decís Vas Vais Oyes Oís dice dicen Va van oye oyen Ser (to be) Tener (to have) Venir (to come) Soy Somos Tengo Tenemos Vengo Venimos Eres Sois Tienes […] OTHER
VERBS WITH IRREGULAR FIRST-PERSON SINGULAR ONLY Some irregular verbs only change the first-person singular only; all other forms in the present are regular. The most commonly used are: Infinitivo Conjugated 1st form Infinitive Conjugate 1st form Caber To fit quepo Saber To know Sé Caer To fall Caigo
Spanish verbs. Stem- changing verbs do not follow the regular verb patterns of conjugation, changing a vowel in the stem. This change affects to all the persons in the singular and the third person of plural. VERBS ENDING IN –AR AND –ER Verbs ending in –ar and –er with the stem vowel e
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