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Use of imperfect time
- Past habitual actions
- Actions that were interrupted
- Used to describe the past: time, dates, age, characteristics, conditions, and feelings: FACTCD
-ar verbs regular imperfect
Yo: -aba
Tu: -abas
El/ella/usted: -aba
Nosotros: -ábamos
Vosotros: -abais
Ellos/ellas/ustedes: -aban
-er and -ir regular imperfect past endings
Yo: -ía
Tu: -ías
El/ella/usted: -ía
Nosotros: -íamos
Vosotros: -íais
Ellos/ellas/ustedes: -ían
Past imperfect: ir
Yo: iba
Tu: ibas
El/ella/usted: iba
Nosotros: íbamos
Vosotros: ibais
Ellos/ellas/ustedes: iban
Past imperfect: ser
Yo: era
Tu: eras
El/ella/usted: era
Nosotros: éramos
Vosotros: erais
Ellos/ellas/ustedes: eran
Superlative formula
El/la/los/las + (más/menos) + adjective + comparison group
My brother is the tallest in his class
Mi hermano es el más alto de su salon
¿Qué? uses (when compared with cuál)
What?:
1. Definitions
2. Explinations
3. Meanings
4. Time
Which?:
1. Preferences
2. Objects
¿Cuál? Uses
What? For personal information
Which? For:
1. Choosing from a set
2. Identify an object from a group
Meaning of conocer in preterite
Knew
Meaning of querer in preterite
Wanted
Meaning of no querer in preterite
Refused
Meaning of saber in preterite
Found out
Meaning of poder in preterite
Succeeded in
Meaning of tener in preterite
Recieved
Difference of preterite and imperfect
Preterite is for completed actions or times, imperfect is for loosely beginning and ending things sometimes
Relative pronouns use
Connectors that link relative clauses
El que as a relative pronoun
More popular in writing and formal contexts (use que more often when speaking). El/los/la/las must agree with number and gender of antecedent
What are reciprocal verbs?
Used to talk about actions people do to each other
Pronouns for reciprocal use
First person: nos
Second: os
Third: se
Mutually
Mutuamente
Reciprocal
Recípocamente
Each other, one another
Uno al otro, uno a otro, entre sí
Simple future tense use
- What will or shall happen
- What someone might or may be doing in the present
- Solemn commands
future tense endings
Add to infinitive:
Yo: +é
Tu: +ás
El/ella: +á
Nosotros: +emos
Vosotros: +éis
Ellos/ellas: +án
You shall not steal
No robaràs
Irregular future tense type 1: name all stems
Valdr-
Saldr-
Vendr-
Irregular imperfect future tense type 2: name all stems
Cabr-
Habr-
Sabr-
Podr-
Querr-
Decir conjugation simple future
Yo: diré
Tu: dirás
El/ella: dirá
Nosotros: diremos
Vosotros: diréis
Ellos/ellas: dirán
Hacer simple future conjugation
Yo: harè
Tu: harás
El/ella: hará
Nosotros: haremos
Vosotros: haréis
Ellos/ellas: harán
Satisfacer simple future conjugation
Yo: satisfaré
Tu: satisfarás
El/ella: satisfará
Nosotros: satisfaremos
Vosotros: satisfaréis
Ellos/ellas: satisfarán
Conditional tense uses
Hypothetical situations, probabilities, make polite requests
Endings of conditional tense
Add to infinitive:
Yo: +ía
Tu: +ías
El/ella: +ía
Nosotros: +íamos
Vosotros: +íais
Ellos/ellas: +ían
Conditional tense irregulars
Same as future!:
Pondr-
Valdr-
Saldr-
Vendr-
Habr-
Querr-
Sabr-
Dir-
Har-
I have not been studying Spanish for ten years
No hace diez años que estudio español
The accidental ‘se’: use and formula
-used when you add ‘by accident’ in english
-se + indirect object pronoun based on person who did the action + third person verb (matching number of subject) + subject
