Spanish Semester 1 Final Flashcards
to hear
oír
to bother (verbo como gustar)
molestar
to ask for (something)
pedir (pido,pides,pide…)
to break
romper
to carry, to take
llevar
to brush
cepillarse
to look for, to search for
buscar (-que)
to relate
relacionar
to can, to be able to
poder (o:ue) (pude)
to think, to believe
creer
to bring
traer (traigo, traes…)
to lose
perder (pierdo, pierdes…)
i — y
3 vowels in a row, only él y ellos form
present -que, -gue, -ce
only yo form
Preterite vs Imperfect
Preterite: Happened once, actions in chronological order, know when action starts or ends. (shorter length actions)
Imperfect: Habitual actions, actions that occur at the same time, details. (longer length actions)
Preterite normal conjugations
-ar: é/aste/ó/amos/asteis/aron
-ir, -er: í/iste/ió/imos/isteis/ieron
Preterite Irregular
tener (tuv…), andar (anduv…), estar (estuv…), poder (pud…), poner (pus…), saber (sup…), venir (vin…), decir (dij… dijeron), traer (traj… trajeron)
Preterite VCR
only -ir and only él y ellos form
-ma
masculine
-dad
femenino
comparison similarity
tan + adjective + como (as ____ as)
comparison difference
más/menos + adjective + que (bueno, mejor (que), malo, peor(que))
Past Participle
verb –> adverb / result of the action (-ar –> -ado, a, os, as)
(-er, -ir –> -ido, a, os, as)
Ser vs Estar
Ser: Long term/general characteristics, origin or nationality, time, date, possession, profession, place of an EVENT, material, identification
Estar: Emotions, place of a PERSON or THING, using past participle, estar + progressive (-ando, -iendo), changes (specifically for one/this occasion)
