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Midterm Flashcards

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Uses of Ser

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Nationality // Profession // Characteristics of people, animals, and things // Generalizations // Possession // Material or composition // Time, date, or season // Where or when an event takes place (NPCGPMTW; NO PIRATE CAN GET PAST MY TRIP WIRE)

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Uses of Estar

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Location or spatial relationships // Health // Physical states and conditions // Emotional states // Certain weather expressions // (LHPEC; LITTLE HAIRY PIRATES ESCAPED CAPTURE)

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-ar preterite endings

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é, aste, ó, amos, asteis, aron

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-ir & -er preterite endings

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í, iste, ió, imos, isteis, ieron

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-ar imperfect endings

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aba, abas, aba, ábamos, abais, aban

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-ir & -er imperfect endings

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ía, ías, ía, íamos, íais, ían

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ir imperfect

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iba, ibas, iba, íbamos, ibais, iban

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ser imperfect

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era, eras, era, éramos, erais, eran

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ver imperfect

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veía, veías, veía, veíamos, veíais, veían

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hay imperfect

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había

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Preterite uses

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Express complete actions or events, beginning or end of past actions, narrate a series of past actions

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Imperfect uses

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Describe ongoing past event without beginning or end, express habitual past actions, describe mental, physical, or emotional states/conditions, to tell time

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hay preterite

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hubo

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irregular preterite verbs

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estuve, tuve, hice, pude, puse, quise, supe, vine, dije, traje, anduve, conduje

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estar present

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estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están

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dar present subjunctive

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dé, des, dé, demos, deis, den

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estar present subjunctive

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esté, estés, esté, estemos, estéis, estén

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saber present subjunctive

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sepa, sepas, sepa, sepamos, sepáis, sepan

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ser present subjunctive

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sea, seas, sea, seamos, seáis, sean

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decir tú affirmative mandato

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hacer tú affirmative mandato

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ir tú affirmative mandato

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poner tú affirmative mandato

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salir tú affirmative mandato

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ser tú affirmative mandato

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tener tú affirmative mandato

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venir tú affirmative mandato

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formal affirmative mandato

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third person subjunctive

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formal negative mandato

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third person subjunctive

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informal affirmative mandato

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third person present indicative (unless irregular; di, haz, ve, pon, sal, sé, ten, ven)

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informal negative mandato

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second person present subjunctive

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WEIRD Subjunctive acronym

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Will, Emotion, Impersonal expression, Request/recommendation, Doubt/denial

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