McGrawHill Notes Flashcards
Preterite - poder
To manage (to do something)
Preterite tense
Fixed point in time
Specific number of actions
Enclosed amount of time
Preterite - no poder
To fail (to do something)
Preterite - querer
To try
Preterite - no querer
To refuse
Preterite - saber
To find out, learn about
Preterite - sentir
To regret, be sorry
Imperfect tense
The duration of the action is irrelevant, the amount of repetitions can’t be determined, ongoing situation, simple description, simultaneous actions,, mental, emotion or physical sensation, clock time and age, había - hay, going to,
To undo
Deshacer
To depend on, rely on
Atenerse a
To agree to (do something)
Convenir en
To redo, remake
Rehacer
Present subjunctive
desire, ignorance, emotional statement or comment, impersonal opinion, uncompleted action, vague or indefinite antecedent, “perhaps” and “maybe”, “even if”
Present subjunctive - ir verbs - nosotros and vosotros
O > ue = o > u e.g. durmamos
E > ie = e > i e.g. Mintamos
E > I = e > i e.g. Pidamos
Even if - sets up subjunctive
Aunque
“As if” and “as though” imperfect subjunctive
You look as if you were guilty
We acted as if we were sick
He put in his hast as though he were the king
Te ves como si fueras culpable
Actuábamos como si estuviéramos enfermos.
Él se puso el sombrero como si fuera el rey
Poder in imperfect subjunctive
Could you wait for me?
Could you help me?
Si pudieras, me esperarías?
Si pudiera, me ayudaría?
Querer meaning “to wish”
I wish that you were here
We wish that he would call us
Yo quisiera que estuvieras aquí
Quisiéramos que él nos llamara
Future perfect - I will have this letter written by three o’clock.
When will you have it done?
Habré escrito esta carta para las tres.
¿Cuándo lo habrás hecho?
Future perfect - to express probability
He must have/he’s probably done it.
Él lo habrá hecho
Future perfect - to express probability
I must have fallen asleep
Me habré dormido
Future perfect - to express probability
Who could have written such a thing?
Quién habrá escrito tal cosa?
Future perfect - to express probability
Where could they have gone?
Adónde habrán ido?
To take into account
Tomar en consideración
I would have eaten, but I wasn’t hungry
Yo habría comido, pero no tenía hambre
I would have eaten if I were hungry
Yo habría comido si tuviera hambre.
It must have been one o’clock when he arrived.
Habría sido la uña cuando él llegó
It must have been two o’clock when I fell asleep.
Habrían sido las dos cuando me dormí
It must have been last Sunday when he fell.
Habría sido el domingo pasado cuando se cayó.
However much you love him
Por mucho que le quieras.
However expensive they may be
Por caros que sean.
However stupid it may seem.
Por estúpido que parezca.
