Lesson 4 with Luis (Hay) Flashcards
There is, There are (Infinitive / and Conjugated forms)
/ The conjugated form is based on ….?
Haber (infinitive form) / Hay (conjugated form for both singular and plural) In English we say There is and There are, but in Spanish, ‘Hay’ is used for both forms. / The conjugated form ‘Hay’ is based on Unknown Things for the listener. (ie. There is a house. You don’t know who the house belongs to, you just know there is a house.)
There is, There are (conjugated form)
Hay
There is a house (conjugated form)
Hay una casa.
There are two houses. (conjugated form)
Hay dos casas.
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masculine
masculino
one (masculine singular)
un
one (masculine plural)
unos
one (femanine)
una
one (femanine plural)
unas
pen
pluma o boligrafo
pencil
lapiz
a pencil
un lapiz
a glass
un vaso
a softdrink
un refresco
The Coca Cola is a softdrink.
La Coca Cola es un refresco.
Softdrink
refresco
a tree
un arbol
a pen (two forms)
una pluma / un boligrafo
Chrstmas tree
arbol de navidad
Happy Easter
Feliz Pascua
Happy Chritmas
Feliz navidad
Happy Birthday
Feliz cumpleanos (nyo)
Birthday
cumpleanos (nyo)
a pyramid
una piramide
pyramid
piramide
There are many pyramid’s in Mexico
Hay mucahas piramides en Mexico.
Muy vs muchos. When do you use each?
Muy is always used before an adjective. (ie. muy bonito). Muchos is always used before a noun if the noun is masculine. If it is femanine, the use muchas before the noun. (ie. Muchos carros. / Hay muchas piramides en Mexico).
There are a lot of men.
Hay muchos hombres.
a shirt
una camisa
a t-shirt
una camiseta
gift
regalo
a gift
un regalo
a wallet
una cartera
wallet
cartera
a pair of glasses (bifocals)
unos lentes (exception to the rule. normally the ending of an ‘e’ (singular) or ‘es’ (plural) is femanine, but in this case (lentes, is masculine so it is preceded by unos.
a key
una llave (llave ends in an e so it is femanine)
some keys
unas llaves (The singular form of llaves is llave. Llave ends in an e so it is femanine)
belt
cinturon
a belt
un cinturon
sucker (lolipop)
paleta
a sucker (lolipop)(candypop)
una paleta