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Chapter 6
Gramatica
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Language - Spanish
Undergraduate 3
01/16/2014

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Term
Summary of the uses of ser
Definition

Identify people including profession and things

Express nationality (de)

Material that something is made of (de)

Express possession (de)

For whom something was intended (para)

Tell time or give the date

Adjectives that describe basic, inherent characteristics

Generalizations (es)

 

 

 

 

Term
Summary of uses of estar
Definition

Location

Health

Adjectives that describe conditions

Fixed expressions

Present participles to form the progressive tense

Term
mas/menos + adjective + que
Definition
Elena is menos alta que Juan.
Elena is shorter than Juan (is).
Term
mas/menos + adverb + que
Definition

Juan corre más rápido que Elena.

Juan runs faster than Elena.

Term
verb + more/less than
Definition

Elena corre menos que Juan.

Elena runs less than Juan (does).

Term
more/less (fewer) + noun + than
Definition

Rigoberto tiene más coches que Carmen.

Rigoberto has more cars than Carmen (does).

 

Term
more/less (fewer) than + number + noun
Definition

Elena tiene menos de dos lápices.

Elena has less than two pencils.

Term
as + adjective + as
Definition

Patricia es tan alta como Ernesto.  También es tan delgada como él.

Patricia is as tall as Ernesto (is).  She's also as thin as he (is).

Term
as + adverb + as
Definition

Patricia juega al tenis tan bien como Juan También juega tan agresivamente como él.

Patricia plays tennis as well as Juan (does).  She also plays as aggressively as he (does).

Term
verb + as much as
Definition

Patricia juega al tenis tanto como Juan.  También gana tanto como él.

Patricia plays tennis as much as Juan (does).  She also wins as much (often) as he (does).

Term
as much/many + noun + as
Definition

Patricia y Ernesto tienen tantas hermanas como hermanos.

Patricia and Ernesto each have as many sisters as (they have) brothers.

Term
bueno/a/os/as adjective-> mejor, mejores
Definition

Estos coches son buenos, pero esos son mejores

These cars are good, but those are better.

Term
bien adverb-> mejor
Definition

Yo hablo español bien, pero mi amigo Dennis lo habla mejor.

I speak Spanish well, but my friend Dennis speaks it better.

Term
malo/a/os/as adjective -> peor, peores
Definition

La nueva película de este director es mala, pero su primera es peor.

This director's new movie is bad, but his first one is worse.

Term
mal adverb -> peor
Definition

La profesora canta mal, pero yo canto peor.

The professor sings badly, but I sing worse.

Term
viejo/a/os/as -> mayor, mayores
Definition

La abuela es viejita, pero el abuelo es mayor que ella.

Grandmother is old, but grandfather is older than she (is).

Term
joven, jóvenes -> menor, menores
Definition

Delia es joven, pero su esposo es todavía menor que ella.

Delia is young, but her husband is even younger than she (is).

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