8/25: Grammer Plus Flashcards
There is/ there are
Hay
Is there? Are there?
¿Hay?
To a group
Ustedes/ vosotros
About a group, not direct
Ellos/ ellas
Indicative tense
Present tense. Yo hablo inglés means:
I speak English
I do speak English
I am speaking English
Meanings of ‘tú hables inglés’
You speak English
You do speak English
You are speaking English
I need to speak with John
Necesito hablar con John
(Notice- only first verb is conjugated)
Adjectives!
Adjectives change form depending on noun, e.g. el chico alto vs la chica alta
If they end in -e, they do not change form
Add -s for plural
Order of adjectives
Noun descriptive adjective: el chico alto
Quantity noun: pocos libros
Inherent quality noun: la blanca nieve
Lunes
Monday
Tuesday
Martes
Wednesday
Miércoles
Thursday
Jueves
Friday
Viernes
Saturday
Sábado
Sunday
Domingo
On monday
El lunes (el is special with day of weeks, means ‘on’)
Near future tense
Present indicative:
Estar/ser
Condition ie temporary: estar (how something is)
Essential quality: ser (what something is)
Estar conjugations
I am: estoy
You are: estás
He/she is: está
We are: estamos
Y’all are: estáis
They are: está
Uses of ser
Date/time, place of origin, occupation, nationality, religion and politics, material, possession, relations, impersonal expressions, where an event is,
Uses of estar
Geographical and physical locations, with adjectives for expressing a state/condition, progressive tenses
To be in agreement
Estar de acuerdo
To be standing
Estar de pie
To be on the way
Estar en camino
To datdream
Estar en las nubes
A=B
A ser B
El profesor está aburrido
The professor is bored
El professor es aburrido
The professor is boring
Something (singular)
Algo
Nothing
Nada
Somebody
Alguien
Nobody
Nadie