mod 4 Flashcards
my childhood
mi niñez
when I was young
cuando yo era pequeño, cuando yo era pequeña
remember/recall/remind
recordar
How was he/she/you (formal)?
¿Cómo era?
quiet/silent
eras callado, eras callada
Who were you playing with?
¿Con quién jugabas?
played outside
jugabas afuera
What did you dream about?
¿Con qué soñabas?
I was scared
tenía miedo
What did you like to do?
¿Qué te gustaba?
Rode a bicycle
montaba en bicicleta
Bother
molestaba
went to the parque
iba al parque
did mischief
hacía travesuras
was a superhero/superheroine
era un superhéroe, era una superheroína
watched cartoons
miraba los dibujos animados
album
el álbum de fotos
imagine
imaginar
my memories
mis memorias
obedient
obediente
Superlative Adjectives Regular rule
When your comparison requires the words most or least before the adjective or the English translation of the adjective ends in -est, use the following formula: definite article + mas/menos + adjective
Recuerdo que era el más simpático de mi familia.
Superlative Adjective Irregular rule
When your superlative adjective translates to English in a single word, use this formula:
definite article + superlative adjective
Yo era la mayor.
Imperfect tense acronym
W-eather
Stating what the weather was like in the past: “Hacìa mal tiempo el jueves pasado/It was bad weather last Thursday”
A-age
Stating someone’s age in the past: “Cuando tenìas tres años, eras pequeño/When you were three years old, you were young.”
T-ime/Date
Telling the time or date in the past: “Eran las cuatro y media de la tarde cuando Carlos jugaba afuera/It was four thirty in the afternoon when Carlos was playing outside.”
E-motions
Thoughts, feelings, and emotions: “estabas asustado/I was scared.”
R-epeated/ongoing
Talk about events that happened repeatedly in the past: “Ella iba al parque todas las mañanas//She used to go to the park every morning.”
S-etting scenes
Describing people, background, things, etc.: “Durante mi niñez, yo era obediente/During my childhood, I used to be obedient.”
Where did Puerto Rico use to get a lot of their economy?
Sugar cane
What did Puerto Ricans make wiith sugar cane?
Tembleque, los sorullitos de maiz, el flan
fairy tale
el cuento de hadas
castle
el castillo
tower
la torre
spindle
el huso
kind
simpático
queen
la reina
king
el rey
witch
la bruja
fairy
el hada
wardrobe
el vestuario
spell
el hechizo
What did you read?
¿Qué leías?
Once upon a time
había una vez
My favorite character
Mi personaje favorito
Charming, delightful, lovely
encantador, encantadora
far away, distant
lejano, lejana
happi;y ever after
felices por siempre
prince, princess
el príncipe, la princesa
How to form superlative adjectives
You may use the suffixes -ísimo and -ísima at the end of your adjectives to form the superlative.
What is the exception to the rule that applies to the word hada?
Word is fem but the def article is masc. Singular: el hada, Plural: las hadas
Imperfect tense endings (reg verbs)
-ar:
aba
abas
aba
ábamos
abais
aban
-er/-ir:
ía
ías
ía
íamos
íais
ían
Irregular verb ending imperfect (ser)
era
eras
era
éramos
erais
eran
What phrases hint at imperfect instead of preterite?
frecuentemente
generalmente
mucho
nunca
siempre
a veces
todas las semanas
cada día
todas los días
cada año
todo el tiempo
In the imperfect tense, most irregular verbs—because they were simply irregular, stem-changing, or yo-go verbs—are…. _____________
no longer irregular
godmother
la madrina
godfather
el padrino
godson, goddaughter
el ahijado, la ahijada
