Día 02

Question 1

1. Día de jubilado
2. jubilado (adj)
3. jubilado (n)
4. jubilación

Answer 1

1. retirement day
2. retired (adj)
3. pensioner (n)
4. retirement/pension

Question 2

1. rodar

2. Rodó su primera película en …

Answer 2

1. to film/shoot

2. He shot his first film in …

Question 3

Al pediatra con la niña

Answer 3

(go) to the pediatrician with daughter (eg note in a diary)

Question 4

1. e ->i, o->u, vocal + e,i -> vocal + y

2. ONLY tercera persona singular y plural

Answer 4

1. What are the 3 groups or slightly irregular verbs in the preterit perfecto (ie only a small change)
2. what changes?

Question 5

pedí, pediste, pidío, pedimos, pedisteis, pidieron

Answer 5

Example e ->i (pedir) (1 of 3)

Question 6

corregir (to correct), medir (to measure), mentir, reir, sentir, servir

Answer 6

Name the other 6 e -> i verbs in pretérito indefinido?

Question 7

1. morí, moriste, murio, morimos, moristeis, murieron

2. dormir

Answer 7

1. Example o -> u (morir) (2 of 3)

2. What is the other o -> u?

Question 8

1. leí, leiste, luyo, leimos, leístis, leyeron
2. caí, caiste, cayo, caímos, caísteis, cayeron
3. incluí, incluiste, incluyo, incluimos, incluísteis, incluyeron

Answer 8

1. Example of vocal + e,i -> vocal + y No. 1 (leer)
2. Example of vocal + e,i -> vocal + y No. 2 (caer)
3. Example of vocal + e,i -> vocal + y No. 1 (incluir)

Question 9

concluir, construir, creer, destruir, elegir, huir, oir, poseer (to own eg property)

Answer 9

Name 8 other vocal + e,i -> vocal + y verbs

Question 10

de … a

Answer 10

What is an alternative to desde … hasta

Question 11

Q. ¿Has terminado YA los deberes?

A. Si, YA los he hecho todas

Answer 11

Note where to put ya in:
Q. Have you already finished your homework?
A. Yes, I´ve already done it.

Question 12

1. aún no

2. todavía no

Answer 12

1. What is an alternative to todavía no?

2. What is the most common?

Question 13

1. TODAVÍA NO he ido a Gran Canaria

2. NO he ido a Gran Canaria todavía

Answer 13

Note position of todavía no, aún no (both options are good):

1+2. I still haven´t been to Gran Canaria

Question 14

1. AÚN NO he tenido días libres

2. No he tenido días libres AÚN

Answer 14

Note position of todavía no, aún no (both options are good):

1+2. I still haven´t had any days off

Question 15

1. NO he recogido el traje EN la TINTORERÍA TODAVÍA.

2. TODAVÏA NO he recogido el tren EN la TINTORERÍA

Answer 15

1+2. He still hasn´t collected the suit from the dry cleaners (x 2)

Question 16

1. TODAVÍA NO he redactado informe (redactar)

2 NO he redactado informe TODAVÏA

Answer 16

1+2. He still hasn´t written the report

Question 17

1. To simplify replies when don´t need to give all that information again AND to reduce sentence length
2. Because le lo sounds ugly
3. slow on the uptake (adj), fool (n) precisely because lelo is such an ugly sound

Answer 17

1. Why use DO and IO pronouns?
2. Why do we use se lo?
3. why lelo mean what it does as adj and noun?

Question 18

te lo he dicho

Answer 18

What is I told you so (the favourite exp of wives)

Question 19

Q ¿has comprado el libro para tu amigo?

A. Si, se lo he comprado

Answer 19

Q. Have you bought the book for your friend?

2. Yes, I have bought it.

Question 20

1. pedir/tomar use in a cafe or restaurant, comprar in shopping centre
2. ¿has pedido un café en el café X con el camerero?
3. Si, se lo he pedido.

Answer 20

1. When use pedir/tomar or comprar?
   2 Have you bought a coffee in café X from the waiter?
2. Yes, I have bought it.

Question 21

chocolate

Answer 21

what is the street word for hashish?

Question 22

1. Use tardar when the actor (eg person, bus) takes X time and use durar when an event takes X time
2. El autóbus tarda dos horas.
3. El viaje dura dos horas.

Answer 22

1. When use tardar or durar to mean to take X time?
2. The bus takes 2 hours.
3. The trip takes 2 hours.

Question 23

Q. ¿Has mentido a tu madre?

A. No LE he mentido

Answer 23

Q. Have you lied to your mother.

A. No I haven´t lied to her.

Question 24

1. If just an IO pronoun place it before the verb.
2. If also a DO pronoun place it after IO pronoun and before the verb.
3. If there is an affirmative order (do s.th) the DO pronoun goes after the verb
4. If a verb perafris (ie 2 verbs in a row, 2nd either gerund or inf) then IO pronoun can go either before or after

Answer 24

What are the 4 rules of pronoun placement?

Question 25

1. ¿estás escribiendo a tus amigos?
2. Les estoy escribiendo
3. Estoy escribiéndoles
4. Neither, it just depends what was used in your family when growing up

Answer 25

1. Are you writing to your friends?
2. I am writing to them
3. I am writing to them.
4. which form is more common?

Question 26

1. ábrela
2. escríbalas
3. tomélo

Answer 26

1. open it
2. write it
3. take it

Question 27

1. Hemos llamado a la policía,
2. que ha tardado veinte minutos EN llegar.
3. Ha podido ser un asesinato.

Answer 27

1. We called the police,
2. they took 20 minutes TO arrive
3. It could have been a murder.

Question 28

1. tiene el pelo largo, moreno, castaño y liso
2. tiene el pelo corto y rizado
3. lleva la barba
4. lleva las gafas
5. (ser) es canoso
6. ya tiene canas

Answer 28

1. she has straight dark brown hair
2. he has short curly hair
3. he has a beard
4. He wears glasses
5. he is grey-haired
6. He already has grey hairs

Question 29

1. ¿cual es tu estado civil?

2. Estoy separado, estoy divorciado …

Answer 29

1. What are you? re married etc

2. I´m separated, I´m divorced …

Question 30

1. Apartado de Correos

2. Aptdo

Answer 30

1. What is a post office box?

2. What is it´s abbreviation