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A word used to refer to something that’s here, the equivalent is the word “THIS”. Masculine as well.

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“Este” - ESTE perro es gordo. THIS dog is fat.

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A word used to refer to something that’s here, the equivalent is the word “THIS”. Feminine as well.

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“Esta” - ESTA mano es muy fea. THIS hand is very ugly.

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A word used to refer to something that’s here, the equivalent is the word “THIS”. Non gendered word as well.

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“Esto” - ESTO aqui? THIS here?

Esto does not refer to a specific object, instead it is used to say “This” to a non gendered object.

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A word that refers to something not close to you but not far away. The equivalent of the word is “That”. Masculine as well.

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“Ese” - ESE pallo. THAT stick.

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A word that refers to something not close to you but not far away. The equivalent of the word is “That”. Feminine as well.

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“Esa” - ESA nina es muy gorda. THAT girl is very fat.

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A word that refers to something not close to you but not far away. The equivalent of the word is “That”. Non gendered word as well.

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“Eso” - Que es ESO? What is THAT?

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A word that refers to something far and away from you. The equivalent of this word would be “Those”. No Gender reference as well.

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“Aquel” - AQUEL palo. THAT stick.

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A word that refers to something far and away from you. The equivalent of this word would be “Those”. Feminine as well.

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“Aquella” - AQUELLA caja. THAT/THOSE boxes.

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A word that refers to something far and away from you. The equivalent of this word would be “Those”. Masculine As well.

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“Aquello” AQUELLO palos. THOSE sticks.

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A word that refers to your location. The equivalent of this word would be “Here”.

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“Aqui” Ven AQUI. Come HERE.

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A word that refers to another location. The equivalent of this word would be “Over There”. Non gendered word.

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“Alli” - El perro esta ALLI. The dog is OVER THERE.

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A word that describes something as being far away. The equivalent of this world would be “Far Away”.

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“LEJOS” El restaurante es muy lejos. The restaurant is very far away.

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A word that refers to something being close by. The equivalent of this word would be “Close by”.

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“CERCA” - El restaurante esta cerca. The restaurant is close by.

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A word that refers to the direction of being right. The equivalent of this word would be “Right”.

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“DERECHA” - Gira a la derecha. Turn Right.

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A word that refers to the direction of left. The equivalent of this word would be “Left”.

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“IZQUIERDA” - Gira a la izquierda. Turn left.

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A word that refers to questioning a Location. The equivalent of this word would be “Where”.

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“DONDE” Donde estan mis perros? Where are my dogs?

Always use estan after donde

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Ordinals In Spanish.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th.

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1 Primero, 2 Seguno, 3 Tercedo, 4 Quarto, 5 Cinto.

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A word that refers to something. The equivalent of this would be “A”. Word is gender neutral.

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“UN” - Un Parajo. A bird.

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A word that refers to something. The equivalent of this would be “A”. Word is Feminine.

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“UNA” - Una paraja. A bird.

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A word that refers to something. The equivalent of this would be “A”. Word is masculine.

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“UNO” Dame uno. Give me one.

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A word that refers to all of everything. The equivalent of this is “All/Everything”.

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“TODO” - Todo esta bien. Everything is fine.

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A word that refers to nothing. The equivalent of this word is “Nothing”.

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“NADA” - No quedaba nada. There was nothing left.

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A word that refers to an amount of something. The equivalent of this word is “Few”. Masculine worded.

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“ALGUN” -

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A word that refers to some or any. The equivalent of this word is “Any”. Word is feminine.

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“ALGUNA” - Tienes alguna ideas de lo que estas haciendo? Do you have any idea what you’re doing?

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A word that refers to more. The equivalent of this word is “More”.

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“MAS” - Dame mas. Give me more.

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A word that refers to less of something. The word equivalent to this is “Less”.

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“MENOS” - Dame menos. Give me less.

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A word that refers to each or every. The equivalent of this word is “Each/Every”.

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“CADA” - Le dio un balon a cada jugador. He gave a ball to each player.

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A word that is used to ask questions.

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“PREGUNTA” - Puedo hacerte una pregunta? - Can I ask a question?

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A word that solves questions.

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“RESPUESTA” - Yo tengo una respuesta. I have an answer.

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A word that is at the start of most questions.

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“QUE” - Que Miras? - What are you seeing?

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A word that is used to ask a reference to a location.

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“DONDE” - Donde esta mis llaves? - Where are my keys?

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A word used to ask a specific time when an event will happen.

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“CUANDO” - Cuando te vas? - When are you leaving?

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A word used to ask a reference of a person.

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“QUIEN” - Quien es tu novio? - Who is your boyfriend?

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A word used to ask of which. The equivalent word is “Which”.

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“CUAL” - Cual te gusta? - Which do you like?

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A word used to past the point of the subject and refer to something else. Equivalent word is “Besides”.

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“ADEMAS” - Ademas me encantan los parrojos. - Besides I like the birds.

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Word that is used refer something else as well. Closest word is “same”.

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“TAMBIEN” - A mi tambien me gustan. - I also like them.

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A word that can be used to mean “since” or be a filler word such as “Well”.

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“PUES” - Pues no se. - Well I don’t know. -
Pues como no has hecho los deberes, no puedo ver la televicon. - Since you haven’t done your homework, you can’t watch tv.

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A word used to indicate a reward of some sort for an action. Equivalent is “if”.

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“Si” - Si me haces los deberes, te doy un beso. If you do your homework, I’ll give you a kiss.

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A word that is a filler word or used to indicate another thing. Equivalent is “So”.

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“ENTONCES” - Entonces? Que Hacemos? - So, what are we going to do?

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A word that tell you something is why.

Equivalent is “Thats Why”.

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“POR ESO” - Por eso no quiero que vayamos - Thats why I don’t want us to go.

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A word that is used to show you how something is done. Equivalent is “This way”.

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“ASI” - Asi no tenemos que hacer los deberes. - This way we don’t have to do our homework.

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A word used to indicate why something happens. Equivalent is “So/So that”.

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“PARA QUE” - Ponte el abrigo para que no cojas un resfriado. - Put your coat on so you don’t catch a cold.

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A word used to show how you are feeling or what you think. The equivalent of this word is “ I mean”. A word that is similar to “ Like” and is not necessary.

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“OSEA” - Osea no creo que se lo haya comido. I mean I don’t think he has eaten it.

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A word that is used to give or show example. An equivalent of this word would be “ Example/ For Example”.

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“POR EJEMPLO” - Por ejemplo ayer me come una patata. For example yesterday I ate a potato chip.

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A word equivalent to “But”.

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“PERO” - Pero yo no dije eso. But I didn’t say that.

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A word equivalent to the word “Still”.

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“AUN ASI” - Aun asi yo te oi decirlo. - Still, I heard you say it.

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A word that is equivalent to “After”.

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“DESPUES” - En espana cenamos despues de las nueve. - In spain we eat dinner after nine.

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A word that is used to show something happening before. The equivalent would be “Before”.

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“ANTES” - Yo he llegado antes que tu. - I arrived before you.

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A word that is equivalent to “ Later”

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“LUEGO” - Te veo luego. - I’ll see you later.

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A word that is equivalent to “Finally”.

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“FINALMENTE” - Finalmente encontre el papel. - I finally found the paper.

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A word that is equivalent to “According to”

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“SEGUN” - Segun los expertos… - According to the experts.

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A word that is equivalent to “Now”.

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“AHORA” - Lo quiero, y lo quiero ahora. - I want it, and I want it now.

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A word that can mean “Meanwhile/ Whereas”.

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“MIENTRAS QUE” - Where as

MIENTRAS TANTO” - Meanwhile

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A word that means “To summarize”.

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” EN RESUMEN” - En resumen, el dia de hoy ha sido agotador. - To summarize, today was tiring.

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A word that means “Maybe”.

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“TAL VEZ” - Tal vez lo lleve. - Maybe I’ll take it.

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A word that means “Maybe”.

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“A LO MEJOR” - A lo mejor me compro. - Maybe I’ll buy it.

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A word that means “Easy”

A word that means “Difficult”

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“FACIL” - La prueba fue muy ficil. - The test was really easy.
“DIFICIL” - La prueba fue muy dificl. - The test was really hard.

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A word that means “or”.

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“O” - Elige este o aquel. - Choose this one or that one.
Rule: If a word that starts with O comes directly before “O” then you must change “O” to “U”.
Example: Tienes que elegir entre uno “U” otro. -
You have to choose between one or the other.

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A word that means “On” only when referring to something being directly on something.

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“EN” - Esta en la mesa. - It’s on the table.

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A word that means “To” as in “Where are you going? (TO) the store”.

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“A” - A quien le vas a mandar la carta? - To whom are you sending the letter?

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A word that means “With”.

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“CON” - Me gusta el pan con tamate. - I like bread with tomatoes.

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A word that means “Each”.

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“CADA” - Amo a todos y cada uno de ellos. - I love each and every one of them.

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A word that means “From”.

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“DE” - De donde vienes? - Where are you from?

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A word that means “only” (Alone).

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“SOLO” - Solo me gusta el chocolate. I only like chocolate.

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A word that means “Something”.

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“ALGO” - Quieres algo? Do you want something?

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A word that means “Without”.

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“SIN” - Sin ti no se que haria. - I don’t know what I would do without you.

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