Spanish II Flashcards
Use of “por” in idiomatic expressions
around there, that way
por allí
Phrase: es que
The fact is….
ESTAR
(past - pretérito)
estuve
estuviste
estuvo
estuvimos
estuvisteis
estuvieron
POR vs PARA
When taking about exchange, including sales
POR
Model: Él me dio diez dólares por el libro
(He gave me ten dollars for the book)
Differences in use of the Definite article between talking of a person and talking to a person
The definite article is used when talking about a person, but it is not used when talking directly to a person.
El señor Gómez es profesor.
Señor Gómez, ¿es usted profesor?
La señorita está muy bonita.
¡Señorita! Usted está muy bonita esta noche.
Use of “por” in idiomatic expressions
por ningún lado
nowhere
Change of meaning - preterite vs imperfect
Conocer
Preterite - met
Conocí a Juan hace cinco años.
I met Juan five years ago.(completed action)
Imperfect - knew
En aquella época conocíamos muy bien la ciudad.
At that time we knew the city very well.(no definite beginning or end)
Phrase:
¿Y eso?
Why is that?
Use as another option instead of ¿Por qué?
How to end a letter
Besos - kisses
Abrazos - hugs
Hasta pronto - See you then
Saludos - similar to english regards
FUTURO - Future
venir
vendré
vendrás
vendrá
vendremos
vendréis
vendrán
venir - (stem changing venir->vendr)
When referring to the thing you most liked or least liked with gustar
lo que más me gusta
lo que menos me gusta
Use of “por” in idiomatic expressions
por lo tanto
consequently
Use of “por” in idiomatic expressions
separately
por separado
Present Progressive
estar + present participle
I am speaking (right now, at this moment)
Never use present progressive for something that will occur in the future
escoger
yo …..
(to choose)
escojo
Use of “por” in idiomatic expressions
por desgracia
unfortunately
Present Subjunctive
-zar verbs
Example: empezar (e:ie)
z changes to c before e
(present subjunctive)
empiece
empieces
empiece
empecemos
empecéis
empiecen
How to test for when to use the imperfect tense.
Try substituting one of the following:
was/were …ing
used to …
would (meaning used to) …
I worked in the agency during the day.
I was working in the agency during the day.
I visited my grandmother every day.
I used to visit my grandmother every day.
Every afternoon I took a nap.
Every afternoon I would take a nap.
Comparative (inequality) - affirmative and followed by number
más/menos + adjective/adverb/noun + de
Subject pronouns and object pronouns differences
Only the 1st person and 2nd person singular are different
yo mí
tú ti
poner
yo …..
(to put, to place)
pongo
Phrase
How nice/what joy
¡qué alegría!
POR vs PARA
“estar ????” means to be in the mood or inclined to do something
POR
Model: Estoy por tomar café
(I’m in the mood for drinking coffee)
Use of “por” in idiomatic expressions
por lo visto
apparently