MT2 Flashcards
the condition
la condición
a condition
una condición
What condition?
¿Qué condición?
What reservation?
¿Qué reservación?
Of
De
the confirmation of the reservation
la confirmación de la reservación
Do you have the confirmation of the reservation for me for tonight?
¿Tiene la confirmación de la reservación para mí para esta noche?
kind / type
tipo
What type (kind) of reservation do you have for me for tonight?
¿Qué tipo de reservación tiene para mi para esta noche?
What kind of reservation do you want?
¿Qué tipo de reservación quiere?
translation
traducción
I need a translation.
Necesito una traducción.
Can you make a translation for me?
¿Puede hacer una traducción para mí?
Will you make a translation for me.
Puede hacer una traducción para mí.
‘puede’ is used both for ‘can you?’ (question) and ‘will you please’(polite request). The difference is in the inflection.
‘puede’ is used both for ‘can you?’ (question) and ‘will you please’(polite request). The difference is in the inflection.
please
por favor
Will you please do it for me.
Puede hacerlo para mí por favor.
Can you do it for me today?
¿Puede hacerlo para mí hoy?
today
hoy
explanation
explicación
to give
dar
Will you give an explanation.
Puede dar una explicación.
Can you give an explanation?
¿Puede dar una explicación?
Verbs that are derived from nouns that are similar in English andSpanish will also be similar. To make the verb in Spanish, youjust add -ar to the English.
Verbs that are derived from nouns that are similar in English andSpanish will also be similar. To make the verb in Spanish, youjust add -ar to the English.
formation
formación
to form
formar
to conform
conformar
to confirm
confirmar
The whole form of a verb, the infinitive, is expressed with ‘to’ inEnglish (for example, to eat). In Spanish, it is expressed in anending. There are three types of verbs: -ar (hablar), -er (comer),-ir (venir).
The whole form of a verb, the infinitive, is expressed with ‘to’ inEnglish (for example, to eat). In Spanish, it is expressed in anending. There are three types of verbs: -ar (hablar), -er (comer),-ir (venir).
to speak
hablar
to eat
comer
to come
venir
to leave
salir
All Spanish verbs have an -r at the end,
so the stress is on thelast syllable.
Spanish words which end in a consonant
are stressed on thelast syllable.
Spanish words which end in a vowel
are stressed on thepenultimate syllable: tengo, quiero, necesito, importante, restaurante.
Two consonants are exceptions to the rule that words endingin a consonant are stressed on the last syllable:
NAME?
Michel’s ‘NOSE’ rule:
words ending in -n, -s or any vowel arestressed on the penultimate syllable; words ending in any otherconsonant are stressed on the last syllable.
Words that are stressed in defiance of the ‘NOSE’ rule have awritten accent to show the stress:
Mérida, México, reservación,condición, posición, situación, impresión.
Merida
Mérida
Mexico
México
situation
situación
impression
impresión
What impression do you have of the situation?
¿Que impresión tiene de la situación?
like that / that way
así
More Words stressed in defiance of the ‘NOSE’ rule
así ‘like that’, aquí ‘here’.
here
aquí
Will you make a reservation for me.
Puede hacer una reservación para mí.
Can you make a reservation for me?
¿Puede hacer una reservaciónfor me? para mí?
Why can you not (can’t you) make a reservation for me?
¿Por qué no puede hacer una reservación para mí?
to see
ver
to know
saber
I want to know it.
Quiero saberlo.
I want to see it.
Quiero verlo.
to see it
verlo
to see you
verle
to see them
verlos, verlas
I want to see them.
Quiero verlos.Quiero verlas.
I want to see you.
Quiero verle.
to see me
verme
There are two types of ‘me’: ‘
mí’ as in ‘para mí’ (for me) and ‘me’as in ‘verme’ (to see me).
to understand
comprender
to understand it
comprenderlo
to understand you
comprenderle