Preply Lesson 16 Flashcards
The ordinal numbers primero and tercero drop the final -o before masculine, singular nouns.
Ejemplos:
—¿Qué día llegan Uds. a la pensión?
—Llegamos el primer día del mes.
—¿Dónde está Paco? ¿En el tercer piso?
—No, está en el primer piso, comprando toallas y jabón.
“What day are you arriving at the boarding house?”
“We’re arriving the first day of the month.”
“Where is Paco?
On the third floor?”
“No, he’s on the first floor, buying towels and soap.”
Remember that cardinal numbers are used in Spanish for dates except for the first.
Ejemplo:
—¿Qué día es hoy? —
Hoy es treinta de abril.
Mañana es primero de mayo.
Es el Día del Trabajo.
“What day is it today?”
“Today is April 30th.
song
canción
violin
violín
Use estar with present progressive
The present progressive is a compound tense in Spanish, as it is in English. It is formed by conjugating estar in the present tense and adding the present participle of the main verb. The present participle, hereafter referred to as the gerund, is the -ing form of a verb in English. The tense is also called the present
Add ando or iendo at the end
Words ending with ar - add drop ar add ando
Words ending with ir, er drop the or, or er and add iendo
beber
bebiendo
comer
comiendo
correr
corriendo
coser
cosiendo
devolver
devolviendo
mover
moviendo
perder
perdiendo
poner
poniendo
volver
volviendo
abrazar
abrazando
adivinar
adivinando
alquilar
alquilando
arreglar
arreglando
bajar
bajando
arriesgar
arriesgando
comenzar
comenzando
entregar
entregando
esperar
esperando