Los Meses- The months
Enero
Febrero
Marzo
Abril
Mayo
Junio
Julio
Agosto
Septiembre
Octubre
Noviembre
Deciembre
When writing the date, you use the following format,
El _(number)_ de _(month)_
Months and Dates
Posted by Tim on October 27, 2009
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TENER
Posted by Tim on October 20, 2009
Here is the conjugation of the verb TENER- to have
Yo TENGO
Tú TIENES
Él-Ella TIENE
Usted TIENE
Nosotros TENEMOS
Ellos(as) TIENEN
Ustedes TIENEN
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Tests
Posted by Tim on October 15, 2009
Spanish 2 has a test on Friday, October 16
The test will cover…
1. Past tense verbs
2. GAR, CAR, ZAR verbs
3. Irregular past tense verbs (Ir, Ser, Dar, Ver, & hacer)
4. Travel vocabulary
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TESTS
Posted by Tim on October 15, 2009
Spanish 1 has a test on Thursday, October 15.
The test will cover…
1. Adjective/noun agrement
2. The 4 “THE”s
3. The 4 “A”s
4. Vocabulary from page 69.
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Adjectives
Posted by Tim on October 12, 2009
There are 2 rules for using adjectives in Spanish…
1. The adjective comes AFTER the thing it describes
The black dog
El perro negro
2. The adjective must agree with the thing in gender & number
Gender
El perrO negrO
La faldA negrA
Number
Los perrOS negrOS
Las fladAS negrAS
But what about adjectives that don´t end in O or A????
They only have to be changed for number
El perro marrón
La falda marrón
Los perrOS marronES
Las faldAS marronES
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GAR, CAR, ZAR verbs
Posted by Tim on October 12, 2009
Some verbs just don’t sound right in the past tense. When we add the é to the end of them to indicate the yo form, it changes the sound. So we have to change the spelling to keep the sound. The change only happens in the YO form. All other forms are normal. These verbs end with -GAR, -CAR, & -ZAR and they look like this…
JUGAR- to play
Yo jugUÉ
Tú jugASTE
SACAR- to take
Yo SaQUÉ
Tú sacASTE
EMPEZAR
Yo empeCÉ
Tú empezASTE
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WENT
Posted by Tim on October 9, 2009
Here is the past tense of the verb IR
Yo Fui- I went
Tú Fuiste- you (younger) went
Él-ella Fue- he-she went
Usted Fue- You (older) went
Nosotros Fuimos- we went
Ellos (as) Fueron- they went
Ustedes Fueron- y’all went
Notice that this is the exact same conjugation as the verb SER in the past tense so Fui could mean I went or I was depending on the context.
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Past Tense Verbs
Posted by Tim on October 9, 2009
Here is how we talk about things that already happened…
AR verbs…
Yo hablÉ- I spoke
Tú hablASTE- you (younger) spoke
Él- Ella hablÓ- he- she spoke
Usted hablÓ you (older) spoke
Nosotros hablAMOS- we spoke
Ellos (as) hablARON- they spoke
Ustedes hablARON- y’all spoke
ER verbs…
Yo ComÍ- I ate
Tú ComISTE- you (younger) ate
Él- Ella ComIÓ- he- she ate
Usted ComIÓ- you (older) ate
Nosotros ComIMOS- we ate
Ellos (as) ComIERON- they ate
Ustedes ComIERON- y’all ate
IR verbs…
Yo VivÍ- I lived
Tú VivISTE- you (younger) lived
Él- Ella VivIÓ- he- she lived
Usted VivIÓ- you (older) lived
Nosotros VivIMOS- we lived
Ellos (as) VivIERON- they lived
Ustedes VivIERON- y’all lived
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The 4 ‘A’s
Posted by Tim on October 8, 2009
There are 4 ways to say ‘A’ in Spanish
If the thing is masculine and there is one of them, you use UN
Un Gato
A Cat
If the thing is masculine and there are more than one of them, you use UNOS
Unos Gatos
Some Cats
If the thing is feminine and there is one of them, you use UNA
Una Pluma
A Pen
If the thing is feminine and there are more than one of them, your use UNAS
Unas Plumas
Some pens
REMEMBER, if the thing has a ‘S’ on it, the ‘A’ has an ‘S’ on it. ie. UNOS-UNAS
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The 4 ‘THE’s
Posted by Tim on October 8, 2009
Remember that in Spanish the are 4 ways to say, ‘THE’
If the thing is masculine and there is one of them, you use EL
El Gato
The Cat
If the thing is masculine and there are more than one of them, you use LOS
Los Gatos
The Cats
If the thing is feminine and there is one of them, you use LA
La Pluma
The Pen
If the thing is feminine and there are more than one of them, you use LAS
Las Plumas
The Pens
REMEMBER, if the thing has a ‘S’ on the end, the THE will have a ‘S’ on the end! ie. LOS-LAS
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