Spanish With Michel Thomas Flashcards
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words in English ending in “Ible” and “able are…
The same in Spanish, only the pronunciation is a little different I.e. pronounced Able and Eeble
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To make a negative statement e.g. it’s not you would…
Put a “no” at the beginning of the positive statement E.g. no es (literal English translation: no it is)
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If you want to ask a question you…
You use inflection with the normal statement E.g. statement: es aceptable (it’s acceptable) - question: ¿es aceptable? (It’s ACCEPTABLE?)
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Spanish: así
Like that
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Words in English ending in “ent” and “ant” in Spanish end in…
“Ente” and “ante”
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Almost all words in English ending “ary” in Spanish end in
“ario”
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words in English ending “ence” and “ance” in Spanish end…
“Encia” and “ancia”
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all words in English ending “ion” and “tion” in Spanish end…
“Ion” (slight difference in pronunciation) and “cion”
3 exceptions to “ation” rule are…
1) Translation - not translacion but traducción
2) explination - not explinacion but explicación
3)
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Dar
To give
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Nose rule
Spanish words ending with an n, s or any vowel the stress goes …….., words ending with any other consonant the stress goes ………..
1) penultimate syllable
2) final syllable
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Words in English ending in “ical” in Spanish end…
“ico”
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vestido
Dressed
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using “what” in the middle of a sentence is not “que” but…
Lo que
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5 exceptions where your conjugated verb doesn’t end in “o” for “I” are…
Voy (I go)
Estoy (I am)
Soy (I am)
Doy (I give)
Se (I know)
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to give a command you have to…
Switch tracks
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in using a positive command (imperative) the “it” goes…
At the end (hooked on)
“Go Go” Verbs
8 number
Tener - tengo - (I have)
Venir - vengo - (I come)
Salir - salgo - (I leave)
Poner - pongo (I put)
Hacer - hago (I do / I make)
Decir - digo (I tell)
Traer - trigo (I bring)
Oir - oigo (I hear)
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“Go go” verbs - in the imperative (the command) the “go gos” become…
“Ga gas”
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When you push down on an “e” it…
Caves in and splits into “ie” eg tener becomes tiene
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to begin / to start (2 different verbs)
Comencar
Empensar
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to think
Pensar
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When you push down on an “o” it…
Caves in and splits into “ue” eg poder becomes puedo
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to remember
Recordar
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to lift
levantar
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To remain
quedar
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to stay (to remain oneself)
quedarse
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to use the future tense (for I will) you…
Use the whole verb with a “é” on the end e.g. hablaré
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to use the future tense (for we will) you…
Use the whole verb with a “émos” on the end e.g. hablarémos
Three ways to express the future are…
1) present tense (eg “I stay here tomorrow - me quedo aqui manana”)
2) future tense (eg “I will stay here tomorrow - me quedaré aqui manana”)
3) I’m going to (eg “ I’m going to stay here tomorrow - voy a quedarme aqui manana”)
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to use the future tense (for you will / you plural will) you…
Use the whole verb with a “á / án” on the end e.g. hablará / hablarán
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Using the future tense with the “go go” verbs you…apart from hago and digo which you…
Use “ré” and “rá” with a “d” E.g. tendré… higo and digo drop the “go” and use “ré / rá”
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For the “would” tense you…
Change the “ré” etc from “will” to “ría” (for everybody I.e. I, you, they, we)
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To send
Mandar
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“It to you” (formal) is not “lelo” but…
Selo
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For past tense the two “go go” verbs that want their own way are ….. & …… and they change to ……. & ……..
Hago & digo
Hecho & dicho
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To wait
Esperar
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to use “ing” (for presently doing) you drop the “r” from the verb and use…. Or…..
“Ando” or “iendo”
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to use “ing” (for was doing) you drop the “ar, er or ir” from the verb and use…. Or…..
Aba (for ar track) or ía (er / ir track)
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when diving for the past tense hacer, decir, ver and poner are exceptions to the “ado” / “ido” rule and are…
Hecho, dicho, visto and puesto
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still
Todavia
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to forget
olvidar
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Sure
Seguro
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To leave behind
Dejar
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message
Recado
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To prefer
preferir
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Oir
To hear
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in the positive imperative (the positive command) for the “go go” verbs for informal you (Roberto / Roberto) you…
(POSITIVE ONLY)
Drop the go e.g. di (tell), sal (leave) etc.
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for the future tense (will) for the “go go” verbs you…
Except for…
You drop the “go” and add dré, drá etc. e.g. tener = tendré
Except for hago and digo which become haré and diré
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For the past tense without using I have you use…. For “ar” verbs and…. For “er / ir” verbs
Ar = é, ó, aste, amos, aron
Er / Ir = í, ío, iste, imos, ieron
(I, you/him/she, you informal, we, you plural)
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To lose
Perdir
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For the past tense with “go go” verbs;
Hacer
Decir
Poner
Tener
(I, he/she,you)
Hice, hico
Dije, dijo
Puse, puso
Tuve, tuvo
ieron, iste, imos
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Exceptions to past tense rule out with “go go” verbs
Poder
Querer
Venir
Estar
(I, he/she/you)
Pude, pudo
Qice, qico
Vine, vino
Estuve, estuvo
ieron, iste, imos
