SPAN-2311 Test #1 Flashcards
Question words
Cómo - how
Cuál - which
Cuántos - how many
Cuándo - when
Donde - where
Qué - what
Quién - who
Preterite rules
1) -car, -gar, -zar = yo form only, c-> qu, g -> gu, z->c
2) -aer, -eer, uir, oír = i-y in 3rd person, add accents on all but 3rd person plural (íste, ímos)
3) Stem change in -ir = only 3rd person; e-i, o-u
4) Irregular groups (no accent)
—4a) J = traer, decir, producir, traducir, conducir
—4b) I = querer, hacer (*hizo), venir
—4c) U = tener, estar, poder, poner, andar, saber
—4d) ser/ir
—5e) dar
—5f) ver
Imperfect rules
1) ar (aba, abas, aba, ábamos, aban
2) er/ir (ía, ías, ía, íamos, ían)
3) Irregulars
—3a) Ser (era, eras, era, éramos, eran)
—3b) Ir (iba, ibas, iba, íbamos, iban)
—3c) Ver (veía, veías, veía, veíamos, veían)
Direct object pronoun (who or what? more important? repeats? pronoun (me, te, ?, ?, ?))
1) Read through the verb and ask “what?”
2) Recipient is more important than the object
3) Indirect repeat, directs don’t
4) Lo/la; los/las
Indirect object pronoun (who or what? more important? repeats? pronoun (me, te, ?, ?, ?))
1) Read through the verb and ask “for whom?”
2) Recipient is more important than the object
3) Indirect repeat; directs don’t
4) Le (se); les (se)
Double object pronoun
§ Ask “what”, and then ask “for whom”
□ Put the recipient for whom
□ The person is always more important
Le/les followed by los/las becomes se
además (de)
furthermore, besides
así
like this
furthermore
además (de)
like this
así
apenas
hardly; scarcely
hardly; scarcely
apenas
Poder
Puedo (I can)/pude (was successful)/no pude (I was unable)/podía (I had the capability)
Querer
Quiero (I want)/quise (I tried)/no quise (I refused)/ quería (I wanted)
Saber
Sé (I know)/supe (I found out)/sabía (I knew)
