Test 5-

Question 1

What is an indirect object and what type of verb takes an indirect object?

Answer 1

The indirect object does not receive directly the action of the verb but is interested or affected in some way by the action. Intransitive verbs take indirect objects, and verbs of communication. (pg137).

Question 2

How is the pronoun mí different from mi?

Answer 2

mí means me and mi means my.

Question 3

encantar

Answer 3

to enchant

Question 4

parecer

Answer 4

to seem/appear

Question 5

preguntar

Answer 5

to ask/question

Question 6

bajar

Answer 6

to get off, go down, lower…

Question 7

casarse

Answer 7

to get married to

Question 8

mojarse

Answer 8

to get wet

Question 9

el campo

Answer 9

country (rural area)

Question 10

la cochera

Answer 10

the garage

Question 11

el miedo

Answer 11

fear

Question 12

la pelota

Answer 12

ball

Question 13

el barrio

Answer 13

neighborhood

Question 14

la broma

Answer 14

joke

Question 15

la cantidad

Answer 15

quantity, amount

Question 16

el empleo

Answer 16

employment, job

Question 17

el pueblo

Answer 17

town

Question 18

el tránsito

Answer 18

traffic

Question 19

fuerte

Answer 19

strong

Question 20

pesado/a

Answer 20

heavy

Question 21

propio/a

Answer 21

own

Question 22

fiel

Answer 22

faithful

Question 23

aunque

Answer 23

although

Question 24

bastante

Answer 24

a lot

Question 25

adentro

Answer 25

inside

Question 26

Hace fresco

Answer 26

It’s cool

Question 27

¿De quién es?

Answer 27

whose is it?

Question 28

Qué va

Answer 28

nonsense

Question 29

What questions are helpful to ask yourself when trying to identify the indirect object in relation to the action of the verb?

Answer 29

You should ask yourself “to whom” or “for whom” is the action performed. For example: He writes his friend a letter each week, can be thought of by asking “to whom did he write the letter?” in this sentence “his friend” in the indirect object and the letter is the direct object.

Question 30

Spanish indirect objects are fundamentally prepositional phrases with “a” which is equivalent to “to, for, or from.” Using “a” how would I say to you or to me?

Answer 30

a ti, or a mí

Question 31

Indirect object pronouns are the same as direct object pronouns except when using the third person. They can be used when no ambiguity and no particular emphasis is on the indirect object. They also replace “a.” How would you change “a ti” into one of these pronouns? How about a nosotros, or a usted?

Answer 31

a ti= te, a nosotros= nos, and a usted= le. (pg. 137)

Question 32

lejos

Answer 32

far

Question 33

How do you distinguish between indirect and direct objects?

Answer 33

Personal direct objects use the personal “a” and indirect objects use a prepositional “a,” but indirect objects also have a redundant pronoun which helps to distinguish them from direct objects.

Question 34

cerca

Answer 34

near

Question 35

además

Answer 35

besides, moreover

Question 36

dentro

Answer 36

inside

Question 37

dentro de

Answer 37

within

Question 38

después

Answer 38

after

Question 39

antes

Answer 39

before

Question 40

When forming a sentence using the redundant indirect object pronoun: The prepositional phrase A ti/usted/ella… is traditionally used for additional emphasis or to clarify when the pronoun is le or les. This prepositional phrase in the redundant part because the “redundant pronoun” can be used by itself. What are the most confusing issues related to this topic?

Answer 40

The prepositional phrase does not have a fixed position, and tthe pronoun doesn’t have to begin the sentence. The indirect object pronoun occurs only with a verb and in the same position as the direct object pronoun.

Question 41

When considering unstressed and stressed possessive adjectives what is the simplist way to determine where to add them in the sentence?

Answer 41

Think of the two sentences: My car, and The car is mine. This English convention is the same in Spanish. Unstressed possesives come before nouns and stressed after nouns.

Question 42

Stressed possessives agree in number and gender with the noun they modify. They are used with ser, they accompany and follow nouns, and are used with the definate article to stand for nouns. What are some examples of this?

Answer 42

1) son mías or sí, es suyo. 2) unos amigos míos 3) cuál es el tuyo?

Question 43

Using que as a relative pronoun. The relative pronoun que can be thought of as an adjective. In the sentence “La chica que viene es mi prima,” everything following que is describing the girl/noun. This qualifying phrase is led by que. How is que used as a conjunction?

Answer 43

In spanish que is used as a conjunction to put what could be two independent sentences together and cannot be omitted as it can be in English. Ex: “Creen que voy a ir” translates to: They think (that) I’m going to go. In Spanish que must be present to indicate “that.”

Question 44

Spanish forms for certain words correspond to changes in function such that they can be classified as either Adverbs prepositions or conjuctions: lejos is an adverb but lejos de is a preposition, though it has no conjuction form. What about antes? Also, where do you place these various forms in a sentence?

Answer 44

Adverb: antes, Preposition: antes de, Conjuction: antes de que. As far as sentence placement is concerned adverbs can be anywhere, prepositional forms such as “antes de” would be followed by either a noun, pronoun, or infinitive, and the conjuctional form is followed by the personal verb form (conjugated). Don’t confuse the infinitive and conjugative form!