Spanish rules and conjugations Flashcards
Possessive pronouns agree in number with …
the subject of the sentence (not the noun it replaces).
Maggie es la hermana a de Bart & Lisa -> Maggie es su hermana
If there is an indirect compliment (I give the ball to her) what is required?
An indirect pronoun: Le doy la pelota. Le doy la pelota a ella.
How to write reflexive sentence? (They hug each other)
Use “se” - Se abrazan. Se conocieron.
Pretérito - ar verbs
é amos
aste
ó aron
Pretérito - er/ir verbs
í imos
site
ió eron
Imperfect - ar verbs
aba abamos
abas
aba aban
Imperfect - er/ir verbs
ía íamos
ías
ía ían
Future, simple - ar/er/ir verbs
Infinitive +
é emos
ás
á án
Conditional - ar/er/ir verbs
Infinitive +
ía íamos
ías
ía ían
When do use the conditional?
To express probability, possibility or wonder about the past. It is translated as “would, could, must have, probably”
To express uncertainty about the present or future, what tense do we use?
Future tense. Serán las cinco = it is probably 5 o’clock.
Subjunctive, Present and Future - ar verbs
Take yo form, drop ending and add:
e emos
es
e en
Subjunctive, Present and Future - er/ir verbs
Take yo form, drop ending and add:
a amos
as
a an
Subjunctive, Past - ar/er/ir
Take “ellos” form of preterite, subtract “on” or “an” and add:
a amos
as
a an
Imperatives Ud.
+ subjunctive (venga)
- subjunctive (no venga)
