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1
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Presente progresivo

A

Describe una acción presente que está en progreso al momento del habla

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2
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Por o para después de esperar?

A

Por

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3
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Diff btw present progressive and pasado progresivo?

A

Later is more specific, you are referring to a specific point in time like last night

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4
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Pienso vs creo

A

Check

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5
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Dolor vs doler

A

Noun vs verb

Me duele comes from doler

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6
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Más in front of an adjective

A

Changes it to comparator form

Bigger, faster, more comfortable

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7
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What is the subject?

Me gusta la música

A

La música is the subject

The subject of the verb in English becomes indirect object of the verb in Spanish
Me is an indirect object pronoun

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8
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Amiable vs amigable

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Amigable used when speaking in general, like describing a people of a city

Amable is more specific, like describing someone who did something nice for you

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9
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Me refiero a vs

Me refiero a que

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A que used when a verb follows

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10
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Hacer + a time phrase =

Give examples

A

Ago

Hace tres años

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11
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Tell me in informal and formal way

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Informal: Díme
Formal: dígame

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12
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Usos del pretérito imperfecto (5 in answer but more on pdf)

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  • Acciones habitual
  • Descripción de personas, lugares
  • Acciones que suceden simultáneamente
  • Conrad sueños, películas o libro
  • estar imperfecto + gerund
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13
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Por (4 times you will use it)

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Causa: Doing something because of something else
Tiempo/lugar aproximado: talking about being somewhere
Medio: as a medium, ex por la ventana
Distribución: talking about how things are split up, por persona

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14
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4 times in the spanish speaking part of the world

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Mañana
Tarde
Noche
Madrugada 12 - 5 am

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15
Q

Escriben a (Sus vs su) Madre

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Sus madres
Different mother

Su madre
One mother, maybe talking about siblings

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16
Q

Modal verb

Give examples

A

Means it can be followed by an infinitive

Querer poder

17
Q

Examples of when stress falls on e or o on verb and results in it being a irregular verb

Which ones are conjugated irregular

A

Pensar, querer
Poder, volver

Nosotros
Vosotros conjugation has an accent

18
Q

Positive imperative versus negative

Instead of imperative what can you use

A

It is placed before verb in negative, after for positive
No lo ponga aquí vs pongalo aquí

Can use poder