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0 - cero
1 - uno
2 - dos
3 - tres
4 - cuatro
5 - cinco
6 - seis
7 - siete
8 - ocho
9 - nueve
10 - diez
11 - once
12 - doce
13 - trece
14 - catorce
15 - quince
16 - dieciséis
17 - diecisiete
18 - dieciocho
19 - diecinueve
20 - veinte
21 - veintiuno
22 - veintidós
30 - treinta
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Present tense of ser
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yo - soy
tú - eres
Ud./él/ella - es
nosotros(as) - somos
vosotros(as) - sois
Uds./ellos/ellas - son
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Es la una. - It's 1:00
Son las dos. - It's 2:00
Son las tres y diez. - It's 3:10
Es la una y cuatro/quince. - It's 1:15
Son las siete y media/treinta. - It's 7:30
Es la una menos cuatro/quince. - It's 1:45
Son las once menos veinte. - It's 10:40
Es el mediodía/ la medianoche. - It's noon/midnight.
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Use el + [day of the week] when an activity occurs on a specific day and los + [day of the week] when an activity occurs regularly.
Except for sábados and domingos, the singular and plural forms for days of the week are the same. |
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El lunes tengo un examen.
Los lunes y miércoles tomo biología.
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| The days of the week are never capitalized in Spanish. |
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| Monday is considerred the first day of teh week in Spanish-speaking countries. |
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| Exclamation expressing pain, shock, or affliction |
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| The Spanish verbs buscar, escuchar, esperar, and mirar do not need to be followed by prepositions as they do in English. |
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| English uses three sets of forms to talk about the present unlike Spanish. |
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Paco trabaja en la cafetería
Paco works in the cafeteria; Paco is working in the cafeteria; Paco does work in the cafeteria.
Marina viaja a Madrid mañana.
Marina travels to Madrid tomorrow; Marina will travel to Madrid tomorrow; Marina is traveling to Madrid tomorrow.
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| Spanish speaker often omit subject pronouns because the verb endings indicate who the subject is. In Spanish, subject pronouns are used for emphasis, clarification, or contrast. |
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Clarification/Contrast
-¿Qué enseñan? -Ella enseña arte y él enseña física.
-What do they teach? -She teaches art, and he teaches physics.
Emphasis
-¿Quién desea trabajar hoy? -Yo no deseo trabajar hoy.
-Who wants to work today? -I don't want to work today.
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| Use the construction a + [name/pronoun] to clarify to whom you are referring. This construction is now always necessary. |
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A Grabiela le gusta bailar.
A Sara y a Francisco les gustan los animales. |
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| The Spanish no translates to both no and not in English. In negative answers to questions, you will need to use no twice: |
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¿Estudias geografía?
No, no estudio geografía. |
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| With negative statements, only the tag ¿verdad? may be used. |
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Statement
Ustedes no trabajan los sábados; You don't work on Saturdays
Question
Ustedes no trabajan los sábados, ¿verdad?; Yo don't work on Saturdays, right?
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| Use la casa to express the house, but en casa to express at home. |
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| In Spanish, years are not expressed as pairs of 2-digit numbers as they are in English (1979, nineteen seventy-nine): |
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1776, mil setecientos setenta y seis;
1945, mil novecientos cuarenta y cinco;
2007, dos mil siete |
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| When millón or millones is used before a noun, the word de is placed between the two: |
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1.000.000 de hombres = un millón de hombres
12.000.000 de aviones = doce milliones de aviones |
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+ => más
- => menos
= => son |
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arroba = at (@)
punto = dot (.) |
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