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sé
sabes
sabe
sabemos
sabéis
saben
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conozco
conoces
conoce
conocemos
conocéis
conocen |
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| Situations in which saber is used |
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| Means to know a fact or piece(s) of information or to know how to do something. |
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| Situations in which conocer is used |
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Definition
Means to know or be familiar/acquainted with a person, place, or thing.
When the direct oject of conocer is a person or pet, the personal a is used. |
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| Verbs are also conjugated like conocer. |
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Definition
Conducir - to drive
paracer - to seem
ofrecer - to offer
traducir - to translate |
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| When an indirect object pronoun is attached to a present participle, an accent mark is added to maintain the proper stress. |
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doy
das
da
damos
dais
dan |
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| Preterite of regular -ar verbs |
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Definition
compré
compraste
compró
compramos
comprasteis
compraron |
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Definition
vendí
vendiste
vendió
vendimos
vendisteis
vendieron |
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-é
-aste
-ó
-amos
-asteis
-aron |
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Preterite -er and -ir endings
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Definition
-í
-iste
-ió
-imos
-isteis
-ieron |
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| -Ir verbs that have a stem change in the present tense also have a stem change in the preterite. |
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| -car, -gar, -zar spelling change in the 1st person singular (yo form) in the preterite |
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Definition
buscar => busc- => qu- => yo busqué
llegar => lleg- => gu- => yo llegué
empezar => empez- => c- => yo empecé |
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Verb that has a spelling change in the preterite:
creer |
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Definition
creí
creíste
creyó
creísteis
creyeron |
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Verb that has a spelling change in the preterite:
leer |
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Definition
leí
leíste
leyó
leímos
leísteis
leyeron |
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Term
Verb that has a spelling change in the preterite:
oír |
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Definition
oí
oíste
oyó
oímos
oísteis
oyeron |
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| Ver is regular in the preterite, but none of its forms has an accent |
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Definition
vi
viste
vio
vimos
visteis
vieron |
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| Words commonly used with the preterite |
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Definition
anoche - last night pasado/a (adj.) - last; past
anteayer - the day before yesterday
el año pasado - last year la semana pasada - last week
ayer - yesterday una vez- once; one time
de repente - suddently dos veces - twice; two
desde..hasta... - from... until... ya - already |
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Singular
Masculine - Feminine
este - esta
ese - esa
aquel - aquella
Plural
M - F
estos - estas
esos - esas
aquellos - aquellas
this; these
that; those
that; those (over there) |
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| The demonstrative adjective este, esta, estos, and estas are used to point out nouns that are close to the speaker and the lisntener. |
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Definition
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| The demonstrative adjective ese, esa, esos, and esas are used to point out nouns that are not close in space and time to the speaker. They may, however, be close to the listener. |
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Definition
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| The demonstrative adjectives aquel, aqulla, aquellos, and aquellas are used to point out nouns that are far away from the speaker and the listener. |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
Singular
M - F
éste - ésta
ése - ésa
aquél - aquélla
Plural
M - F
éstos - éstas
ésos - ésas
aquéllos - aquéllas
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| Like demonstrative adjectives, demonstrative pronouns agree in gender and number with the corresponding noun. |
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Definition
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| There are 3 neuter demonstrative pronouns: esto, eso, and aquello. These forms refer to unidentified or unspecified nouns, situations, ideas, and concepts. They do not change in gender or number and never carry an accent mark. |
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