Spanish With Michel Thomas

Question 1

RULE

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

Answer 1

The same in Spanish, only the pronunciation is a little different I.e. pronounced Able and Eeble

Question 2

RULE

To make a negative statement e.g. it’s not you would…

Answer 2

Put a “no” at the beginning of the positive statement E.g. no es (literal English translation: no it is)

Question 3

RULE

If you want to ask a question you…

Answer 3

You use inflection with the normal statement E.g. statement: es aceptable (it’s acceptable) - question: ¿es aceptable? (It’s ACCEPTABLE?)

Question 4

VOCAB

Spanish: así

Answer 4

Like that

Question 5

RULE

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

Answer 5

“Ente” and “ante”

Question 6

RULE

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

Answer 6

“ario”

Question 7

RULE

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

Answer 7

“Encia” and “ancia”

Question 8

RULE

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

Answer 8

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

Question 9

3 exceptions to “ation” rule are…

Answer 9

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

Question 10

VOCAB

Dar

Answer 10

To give

Question 11

RULE

Nose rule

Spanish words ending with an n, s or any vowel the stress goes …….., words ending with any other consonant the stress goes ………..

Answer 11

1) penultimate syllable
2) final syllable

Question 12

RULE

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

Answer 12

“ico”

Question 13

VOCAB

vestido

Answer 13

Dressed

Question 14

RULE

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

Answer 14

Lo que

Question 15

RULE

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

Answer 15

Voy (I go)
Estoy (I am)
Soy (I am)
Doy (I give)
Se (I know)

Question 16

RULE

to give a command you have to…

Answer 16

Switch tracks

Question 17

RULE

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

Answer 17

At the end (hooked on)

Question 18

“Go Go” Verbs

8 number

Answer 18

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)

Question 19

RULE

“Go go” verbs - in the imperative (the command) the “go gos” become…

Answer 19

“Ga gas”

Question 20

RULE

When you push down on an “e” it…

Answer 20

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

Question 21

VOCAB

to begin / to start (2 different verbs)

Answer 21

Comencar

Empensar

Question 22

VOCAB

to think

Answer 22

Pensar

Question 23

RULE

When you push down on an “o” it…

Answer 23

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

Question 24

VOCAB

to remember

Answer 24

Recordar

Question 25

VOCAB to lift

Answer 25

levantar

Question 26

VOCAB To remain

Answer 26

quedar

Question 27

VOCAB to stay (to remain oneself)

Answer 27

quedarse

Question 28

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

Answer 28

Use the whole verb with a “é” on the end e.g. hablaré

Question 29

RULE to use the future tense (for we will) you…

Answer 29

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

Question 30

Three ways to express the future are…

Answer 30

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”)

Question 31

RULE to use the future tense (for you will / you plural will) you…

Answer 31

Use the whole verb with a “á / án” on the end e.g. hablará / hablarán

Question 32

RULE Using the future tense with the “go go” verbs you…apart from hago and digo which you…

Answer 32

Use “ré” and “rá” with a “d” E.g. tendré… higo and digo drop the “go” and use “ré / rá”

Question 33

RULE For the “would” tense you…

Answer 33

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

Question 34

VOCAB To send

Answer 34

Mandar

Question 35

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

Answer 35

Selo

Question 36

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

Answer 36

Hago & digo Hecho & dicho

Question 37

VOCAB To wait

Answer 37

Esperar

Question 38

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

Answer 38

“Ando” or “iendo”

Question 39

RULE to use “ing” (for was doing) you drop the “ar, er or ir” from the verb and use…. Or…..

Answer 39

Aba (for ar track) or ía (er / ir track)

Question 40

RULE when diving for the past tense hacer, decir, ver and poner are exceptions to the “ado” / “ido” rule and are…

Answer 40

Hecho, dicho, visto and puesto

Question 41

VOCAB still

Answer 41

Todavia

Question 42

VOCAB to forget

Answer 42

olvidar

Question 43

VOCAB Sure

Answer 43

Seguro

Question 44

VOCAB To leave behind

Answer 44

Dejar

Question 45

VOCAB message

Answer 45

Recado

Question 46

VOCAB To prefer

Answer 46

preferir

Question 47

VOCAB Oir

Answer 47

To hear

Question 48

RULE in the positive imperative (the positive command) for the “go go” verbs for informal you (Roberto / Roberto) you… (POSITIVE ONLY)

Answer 48

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

Question 49

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

Answer 49

You drop the “go” and add dré, drá etc. e.g. tener = tendré Except for hago and digo which become haré and diré

Question 50

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

Answer 50

Ar = é, ó, aste, amos, aron Er / Ir = í, ío, iste, imos, ieron (I, you/him/she, you informal, we, you plural)

Question 51

VOCAB To lose

Answer 51

Perdir

Question 52

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

Answer 52

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

Question 53

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

Answer 53

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