Godofredo Gresham2nd Period5/9/12

3-imperfect 4-preterite 5-preterite: car, gar, zar 6- preterite: spock verbs 7- preterite- cucaracha verbs 8- preterite: snake y snakey 9- modal verbs 10- adverbs 11- progressives- past 12- progressives- present 13- future tense 14-future: irregulars 15- superlatives 16- formal commands 17- prepositions 18- conditional 19- demonstratives 20- ordinal numbers

The imperfect is used for past actions that are not seen as completed. Use of the imperfect tense implies that the past action did not have a definite beginning or a definite end.

AR ER/IR

Aba Iba

Abas Ibas

Aba Iba

Ábamos Íbamos

Aban iban

This is used to describe what you did in the past.

Ex. I ate yesterday.Yo comí ayer.

AR ER/IR

E I

Aste Iste

O Io

Amos Imos

Aron ieron

-Car -Gar -Zar

-qué gué cé

aste aste aste

ó ó ó

amos amos amos

aron aron aron

Dar y Ver Ser y Ir Hacer

d/v: i fui hice

d/v: iste fuiste hiciste

d/v: io fue hizo

d/v: imos fuimos hicimos

d/v: ieron fuieron hicieron

Verb Cucaraca Form Verb Cucaracha Form

Andar Anduve- Estar Estuve-

Poder Pud- Poner Pus-

Quere Quis- Saber Sup-

Tener Tuv- Venir Vin-

Conducir Conduj- Producir Produj-

Traducir Traduj- Decir Dij-

Traer Traj-

For the preterite form of these verbs, you use the cucaracha form and then add the conjugated ending.

-e -iste -o-imos -isteis -ieron

It only stem changes in the 3rd person

Dormir Leer

Dormí Leí

Dormimos Leimos

Dormiste Leiste

Durmió Leyó

Dumieron Leyeron

In the 3rd person preterite form of –er and –ir verbs with stems that end in a vowel,

change the I to a Y.

For these you use the conjugated form of a verb and then say the infinitive

Conjugated verb + infinitive

In English, all adverbs end in –ly, in spanish, you put the adjective in the feminine form and ad the ending –mente.

Ex. Rapido Rapida Rapidamente!

In English, these have the ending –ing. In spanish, they differ between ar, er, and irverbs.

AR -andoER/IR -iendoEX. Trabajar trabajandoComer comiendo

This tense, EL PASADO PROGRESIVO, is used when you say sentences such as..

I was working. Estaba trabajando. / Trabajaba They were studying. Ellos estaban estudiando ahora. We were selling a novel Estábamos vendiendo una novela. He was eating a lot. Él estaba comiendo mucho. She was leaving in two days. Estaba partiendo en dos díasor.. partía en dos días

Used to say “I will do something.”Infinitive + AR(á, ás, á, emos, eis, án) or ER/IR(é,

ás, á, emos, éis, án)I will eat tomorrow. Yo comeré manana.

Infinitive Base for Conjugation

Decir Dir-

Hacer Har-

Poner Pondr-

Salir Saldr-

Tener Tendr-

Voler Vendr-

Podir Podr-

Querer Quer-

Saber Sabr-

definite article + noun + más (menos) + adjective + de

A superlative describes something relative toa larger group.

Ex. Paul is the smartest boy in the class.Paul es el chico más intelligente de la clase.

In the Usted/Ustedes form, you put it in the yo form and change it to a feminine form.

Ex. TrabajarTrabajoTrabaja Usted, trabaja en el proyecto por favor.

Abajo: below Arriba: above Debajo: under Dentro: inside Encima: abpove Fuera: outside Cerca: near Lejos: far Detras: behind

Prepositions are used to describe where something is comparatively to something else.

Used to tell how something could/would have happened.

Ar Er Irhablar comer vivir hablaría comería viviría hablarías comerías viviríashablaría comería viviríahablaríamos comeríamos viviríamoshablaríais comeríais viviríaishablarían comerían vivirían

These are used to help describe which object somebody is talking about

This That That Over There

Este Ese Aquel

Esta Esa Aquella

These Those Those Over There

Estos Esos Aquellos

Estas Esas Aquellas

1st: primero 2nd: segundo 3rd: tercero 4th: cuarto 5th: quinto 6th: sexto 7th: septimo 8th: octavo 9th: noveno 10th: Decimo