Lesson 3

Question 1

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Marcos learns the numbers

Answer 1

Marcos aprende los números

number - el número

Question 2

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one book

Answer 2

un libro

one - uno. Note that when preceding a noun, the number uno is modified exactly like the indefinite article un/una/unos/unas.

Question 3

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twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine

Answer 3

veintiuno (21), veintidós (22), veintitrés (23), veinticuatro (24), veinticinco (25), veintiséis (26), veintisiete (27), veintiocho (28), veintinueve (29)

Question 4

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• thirty-one, thirty-two…
• forty-one, forty-two…

Answer 4

• treinta y uno (31), treinta y dos (32) …
• cuarenta y uno (41), cuarenta y dos (42) …

Note that after thirty, you must add a y in between the two numbers

Question 5

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1999 (spelled-out)

Answer 5

Mil novecientos noventa y nueve

Question 6

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It is the year two-thousand ten

Answer 6

Es el año dos mil diez

year - el año

Question 7

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He works in the mathematics building

Answer 7

Él trabaja en el edificio de matemáticas

building - el edificio

Question 8

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We are art students

Answer 8

Nosotros somos estudiantes de arte

art - el arte

Question 9

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I buy a chair

Answer 9

Yo compro una silla

chair - la silla

Question 10

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Do you write in the notebook?

Answer 10

¿Escribes en el cuaderno?

notebook - el cuaderno

Question 11

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She buys a pen

Answer 11

Ella compra un bolígrafo / una pluma

pen - el bolígrafo, la pluma

Question 12

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They write a good essay

Answer 12

Ellos escriben un buen ensayo

essay - el ensayo

Question 13

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Do you receive good grades?

Answer 13

¿Recibes buenas notas?

grades - las notas. Sometimes we also use the verb sacar (literally, “to take out”) to refer to grades. e.g. ¿Sacas buenas notas?

Question 14

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I go to a good school

Answer 14

Yo voy a un colegio bueno

I go - voy. Voy is the first-person conjugation of the verb ir (“to go”) in the present tense

Question 15

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Do you go to a good school?

Answer 15

¿Vas (tú) a una escuela buena?

you go - vas

Question 16

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She goes to the library every day

Answer 16

Ella va a la biblioteca todos los días

he/she goes - va

Question 17

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You and I go to the big house

Answer 17

Tú y yo vamos a la casa grande

we go - vamos

Question 18

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You (vosotros) go to math class

Answer 18

Vosotros vais a la clase de mate

you (vosotros) go - vais

Question 19

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They never go to class

Answer 19

Ellos nunca van a clase

they go - van

Question 20

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TO GO

• I go
• You go
• He/She goes
• We go
• You go
• They go

Answer 20

IR

• Yo voy
• Tú vas
• Él/Ella/Ud va
• Nosotros vamos
• Vosotros vais
• Ellos/Ellas/Uds van

Question 21

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I am going to study with my friends

Answer 21

Voy a estudiar con mis amigos

going + to + infinitive – ir + a + infinitivo. Note that in Spanish, in order to form the immediate future, you must first conjugate ir according to the subject, add a, and then add the future action in the infinitive.

Question 22

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I am going to go to the park

Answer 22

Voy a ir al parque

park - el parque

Question 23

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I am going to attend math class

Answer 23

Voy a asistir a la clase de matemáticas

to attend - asistir a. Note that in Spanish, you must use the preposition a with the verb asistir

Question 24

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Mariana: I am glad to meet you!

Paloma: Same here / you too!

Answer 24

Mariana: ¡Mucho gusto!

Paloma: ¡Igualmente!

same here - igualmente. Mucho gusto literally means “much pleasure.” Igualmente literally means “equally”

Question 25

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Are you going to go to college?

Answer 25

¿Vas a ir a la universidad?

university, college - la universidad. You can convert many English words ending in “-ty” to Spanish simply by changing the ending to -dad. (e.g. reality - realidad)

Question 26

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She is going to live close to the university

Answer 26

Ella va a vivir cerca de la universidad

close to - cerca de

Question 27

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Is it the same book?

Answer 27

¿Es el mismo libro?

the same (+ noun) - el mismo

Question 28

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Juan is going to write the book himself

Answer 28

Juan va a escribir el libro él mismo

himself, herself, itself - mismo. If mismo is used before the noun, it means “same.” If used after the noun, it means “himself”, “herself”, or “itself”. (e.g. the building itself - el edificio mismo)

Question 29

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We write the same thing

Answer 29

Nosotros escribimos lo mismo

the same thing - lo mismo, la misma cosa. The pronoun lo is used for many other purposes, and we will learn more about this word later

Question 30

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You are a student, right?

Answer 30

Eres estudiante, ¿verdad?

right? - ¿verdad? La verdad literally means “the truth”

Question 31

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How big you are!

Answer 31

¡Qué grande eres!

how___! - ¡qué ___¡ Note that dramatic expressions of an adjective are often preceded by ¡Qué + adjective + (verb/noun)! Another common example is ¡Qué bueno! or ¡Qué malo!

Question 32

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What a beautiful photo!

Answer 32

¡Qué bonita foto!

photo - la foto. Note that the word foto is the abbreviation of the feminine noun fotografía, which is why foto is feminine despite ending in o

Question 33

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How funny!

Answer 33

¡Qué gracioso!

funny - gracioso, chistoso

Question 34

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to go

Answer 34

ir

to go - ir. Ir is an irregular verb.