Pronouns, nouns, and connectors Flashcards
Quizás/Quizá
Maybe
Maybe I’ll have time to go to the store on Saturday.
-Quizás tenga tiempo para ir a la tienda el sábado.
Maybe you should find a new friend.
-Quizá debes encontrar un amigo nuevo.
*Joel is in an evil mood at the market. He thinks that maybe he wouldn’t have to wait or pay if he had a chainsaw.
Pues (2)
Well, then
• Synonym for “entonces”
Estoy cansado. – Pues vete a dormir.
-I am tired. – Go to sleep then.
No sé que decirte, pues.
-I don’t know what to tell you, then.
Pues ve acostumbrándote.
-Well, get used to it.
*Joel wasted all of his money at the amusement park, and can’t ride any rides with the pandas.
• When the pandas ask to ride the ferries wheel, Joel gets nervous and says, “Well, if I don’t have money, then we can’t go.”
Contra
Against
Entre
Between
*Joel tries to sneak on by entering between [entre] the horses.
Hacia (2)
Toward, closer to
*In order to see what a ride is, he must move closer to it/toward it [hacia] to see it.
Ustedes
You (2nd person plural)
• That God may be with you [ustedes].
Semana
Week (fem.)
• la semana
*In the ballroom, a new man lies down on the left side of the room every week.
Minuto
Minute
Mano
Hand (f)
• La mano, las manos
*Joel tries to get into his shower on the left side of the bathroom, but a man grabs his hands [manos].
Cabeza
Head (f)
• La cabeza
Ojo
Eye (m)
• El ojo, los ojos
*In the bathroom, Joel rubs an O-shaped/loopy hose on his eyes [ojos].
Lado
Side
• Por otro lado (idiom) = On the other hand
*There is a ladder leaning on the side [lado] of Joel’s bed.
Fin (2)
End (something to attain, aim)
Forma (4)
Form, way, shape, manner
a.form
Poco a poco la cerámica comenzó a tomar forma.
-Slowly but surely, the pottery began to take form.
b.shape
Todas las galletas tienen forma de corazón.
-All of the cookies are in the shape of hearts.
2.(manner)
a.way
¡Esa no es forma de tratar a una dama!
-That’s no way to treat a lady!
3.(class)
a.form
Se han descubierto nuevas formas de vida en otro planeta.
-New life forms have been discovered on another planet.
*There is a strange form [forma] on the ground caused by light going through the window.
Miedo (2)
Fear, fright (m)
• El miedo
• Don’t say “I am afraid” → say “I have fear”
*A bunch of heads suddenly appear in the doorway, and he is afraid [miedo] of all the heads.
