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words in English ending in “Ible” and “able are…

A

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…

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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…

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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

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Like that

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Words in English ending in “ent” and “ant” in Spanish end in…

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“Ente” and “ante”

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Almost all words in English ending “ary” in Spanish end in

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“ario”

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words in English ending “ence” and “ance” in Spanish end…

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“Encia” and “ancia”

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all words in English ending “ion” and “tion” in Spanish end…

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“Ion” (slight difference in pronunciation) and “cion”

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3 exceptions to “ation” rule are…

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1) Translation - not translacion but traducción
2) explination - not explinacion but explicación
3)

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VOCAB

Dar

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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 ………..

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1) penultimate syllable
2) final syllable

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Words in English ending in “ical” in Spanish end…

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“ico”

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vestido

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Dressed

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using “what” in the middle of a sentence is not “que” but…

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Lo que

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5 exceptions where your conjugated verb doesn’t end in “o” for “I” are…

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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…

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Switch tracks

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in using a positive command (imperative) the “it” goes…

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At the end (hooked on)

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“Go Go” Verbs

8 number

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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…

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“Ga gas”

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When you push down on an “e” it…

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Caves in and splits into “ie” eg tener becomes tiene

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VOCAB

to begin / to start (2 different verbs)

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Comencar

Empensar

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VOCAB

to think

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Pensar

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When you push down on an “o” it…

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Caves in and splits into “ue” eg poder becomes puedo

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VOCAB

to remember

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Recordar

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VOCAB

to lift

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levantar

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VOCAB

To remain

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quedar

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VOCAB

to stay (to remain oneself)

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quedarse

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to use the future tense (for I will) you…

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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…

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Use the whole verb with a “émos” on the end e.g. hablarémos

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Three ways to express the future are…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Change the “ré” etc from “will” to “ría” (for everybody I.e. I, you, they, we)

34
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VOCAB

To send

A

Mandar

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RULE

“It to you” (formal) is not “lelo” but…

A

Selo

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For past tense the two “go go” verbs that want their own way are ….. & …… and they change to ……. & ……..

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Hago & digo

Hecho & dicho

37
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VOCAB

To wait

A

Esperar

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to use “ing” (for presently doing) you drop the “r” from the verb and use…. Or…..

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“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…..

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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…

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Hecho, dicho, visto and puesto

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VOCAB

still

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Todavia

42
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VOCAB

to forget

A

olvidar

43
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VOCAB

Sure

A

Seguro

44
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VOCAB

To leave behind

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Dejar

45
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VOCAB

message

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Recado

46
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VOCAB

To prefer

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preferir

47
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VOCAB

Oir

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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)

A

Drop the go e.g. di (tell), sal (leave) etc.

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RULE

for the future tense (will) for the “go go” verbs you…

Except for…

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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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RULE

For the past tense without using I have you use…. For “ar” verbs and…. For “er / ir” verbs

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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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VOCAB

To lose

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Perdir

52
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RULE

For the past tense with “go go” verbs;
Hacer
Decir
Poner
Tener

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(I, he/she,you)
Hice, hico
Dije, dijo
Puse, puso
Tuve, tuvo

ieron, iste, imos

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RULE

Exceptions to past tense rule out with “go go” verbs
Poder
Querer
Venir
Estar

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(I, he/she/you)
Pude, pudo
Qice, qico
Vine, vino
Estuve, estuvo

ieron, iste, imos

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