Grammar 4.3-4.7

Question 1

how do you indicate very in Spanish?

Answer 1

by adding a suffix to the adjective

Question 2

how can the adjective indicate the superlative?

Answer 2

by adding –ísimo or –ísima to the ending

Question 3

how do you do this process?

Answer 3

by first dropping the final letter of the adjective, then replacing it with either –ísimo or –ísima depending on gender

Question 4

when you have an adjective that ends in e

Answer 4

the suffix will agree with the gender of the noun being described

Question 5

what is the preterite of tener?

Answer 5

Yo: tuve
Tú: tuviste
Él, ella,usted: tuvo
Nosotros: tuvimos
Vosotros: tuvisteis
Ellos, ella, Uds.: tuvieron

Question 6

what is the preterite of estar?

Answer 6

Yo: estuve
Tú: estuviste
Él, ella, usted: estuvo
Nosotros: estuvimos
Vosotros: estuvisteis
Ellos, ella, Uds.:estuvieron

Question 7

what is the preterite of andar?

Answer 7

Yo: anduve
Tú: anduviste
Él, ella, usted: anduvo
Nosotros: anduvimos
Vosotros: anduvisteis
Ellos, ella, Uds.: anduvieron

Question 8

what is the preterite of poner?

Answer 8

Yo: puse
Tú: pusiste
Él, ella, usted: puso
Nosotros: pusimos
Vosotros: pusisteis
Ellos, ella, Uds.: pusieron

Question 9

what is the preterite of poder?

Answer 9

Yo: pude
Tú: pudiste
Él, ella, usted: pudo
Nosotros: pudimos
Vosotros: pudisteis
Ellos, ella, Uds.: pudieron

Question 10

what is the preterite of saber?

Answer 10

Yo: supe
Tú: supiste
Él, ella, usted: supo
Nosotros: supimos
Vosotros: supisteis
Ellos, ella, Uds.: supieron

Question 11

what does the verb saber mean when in the preterite tense?

Answer 11

to have found out

Question 12

what is the preterite of hacer?

Answer 12

Yo: hice
Tú: hiciste
Él, ella, usted: hizo
Nosotros: hicimos
Vosotros: hicisteis
Ellos, ella, Uds.: hicieron

Question 13

what is the preterite of querer?

Answer 13

Yo quise
Tú quisiste
Él, ella, usted quiso
Nosotros quisimos
Vosotros quisisteis
Ellos, ella, Uds. quisieron

Question 14

what is the preterite of dar?

Answer 14

Yo di
Tú diste
Él, ella, usted dio
Nosotros dimos
Vosotros disteis
Ellos, ella, Uds. dieron

Question 15

what is the preterite of ver?

Answer 15

Yo vi
Tú viste
Él, ella, usted vio
Nosotros vimos
Vosotros visteis
Ellos, ella, Uds. vieron

Question 16

what preterites have the letter “u” in their stem?

Answer 16

• tener:
• estar:
• ander:
• saber:
• poder:
• poner:

Question 17

ander

Answer 17

to walk

Question 18

how are the preterites that have the letter “u” conjugated?

Answer 18

Yo: uve
Tú: uviste
Él, ella, usted: uvo
Nosotros: uvimos
Vosotros:  uvisteis
Ellos, ella, Uds.: uvieron

Question 19

when do you use preterites that are conjugated with the letter “u”?

Answer 19

when we refer to something we did completely in the past. It refers to something that we did that is completely over and finished.

Question 20

list the irregular preterite verbs; their meanings and their conjugations

Answer 20

• tener: to have:”u”
• estar: to be: “u”
• ander: to walk: “u”
• saber: to know: “u”
• poder: to be able to: “u”
• poner: to put” “u”
• traer: to bring: “j”
• decir:to say; to tel a fact “j”

Question 21

what preterites have the letter “j” in their stem?

Answer 21

• traer

- decir

Question 22

decir

Answer 22

To say, to tell (a fact)*

Question 23

when is decir used?

Answer 23

Decir is used when you are telling a fact or short piece of information.

Question 24

when is relatar used?

Answer 24

Relatar is used for telling a story or a lengthy discourse.

Question 25

saber

Answer 25

to know specific facts, information or data.

when you want to say that someone knows where a place is, or some fact about it

Question 26

conocer

Answer 26

to know or to be acquainted with a person

to really know or to be thoroughly acquainted with a place or a subject

Question 27

saber

Answer 27

to know specific facts, information or data.

Question 28

conocer

Answer 28

to know or to be acquainted with a person