Table of Contents

Preterite: trigger words, car,gar,zar, spock, snake/snakey, cucaracha

Demonstrative

Ordinal Numbers

Prepositions

Future

Possessive adjectives and pronouns

Imperfect

Reflexives

-car yo -qué

-gar yo -gué

-zar yo -cé

Cucaracha Verbs andar anduve-

estar estuve-

poder pud-

poner pus-

saber sup-

tener tuv-

venir Vin-

Dar (give)/ver (see)Di dimosVi vimosDisteVisteDio dieronVio vieron

Ir (go) /Ser (be)Fui fuimosFuisteFue fueron

Hacer (do/make)Hice hicimosHicisteHizo hicieron

Snake

DormirDormíDormisteDurmióDormimosdurmieronS

tem

Changers

LeerLeíLeísteLeyóLeímosLeyeron

Snakey

Y C

hangers

-e -imos

-iste -isteis

-o -ieron

Conducir Conduj-

producir Produj-

traducir Traduj-

traer Traj-

decir Dij-

Preterite

take th

e I o

ff in th

ird

pers

on s

ingula

r

Demonstrative Adj. and Pronouns

Adjectives

Proceed the noun they modify

Agree in gender and #

Pronouns

Carry accent on stressed vowel (first e)

Identify noun that has already been established

SingularEste estaEse esaAquel aquella

PluralEstos estasEsos esasAquellos aquellas

English This theseThat thoseThat (over there) those (over there)

Neuders• When you don’t know

the gender• Don’t change in

gender or #• Esto• Eso• aquello

When used with nouns they must agree in gender an number.Ordinals are placed before nouns.Primero and Tercero drop the “o” before a masculine singular noun.

Use only when a specific location follows

The words arriba and abajo are

never followed by de

Future TenseWill

Infintive +é emosásá án Los Irregulres

Decir DirHacer HarPoner PonarSalir SaldrTener TendrValer ValdVenir venderPoder PodrQuerer QuerrSaber Sabr

All verbs have the same endings in the future tense.

Nosotros llegaremos a las siete.We will arrive at seven.

Possessive Adjectives/Pronouns

Mio(a) nuestro(a)

Tuyo(as) vuestro(a)

Suyo(a) suyo(a)

Mios(as) nuestros(as)

Tuyos(as) vuestros(as)

Suyos(as) suyos(as)

Long form (singular)

Long form (plural)

Short Form

Unlike the short form,

the long form follows the

noun

Imperfect Tense

Use …..

To speak about background events in a story

To talk about something you used to do as a matter of habit

To speak of how old someone was

To say what time it was

On going actions

No beginnings/endings

Interrupted action

Repeated actions

Aba abamosAbasAba aban

Ia iamosIasIa ian

ER/IRAR

Ser

•Era

•eras

•era

•Eramos

•eran

Ir

•Iba

•Ibas

•Iba

•Ibamos

•Iban

ver

•Veia

•Veias

•Veia

•veiamos

•veían

Only 3 Irregulars

Eran las tres. (It was 3:00)

NO STEM CHANGING IN THE IMPERFECT!!!

Livia trabajaba en el banco todos los días. (habit)-Livia worked in the bankeveryday.

Reflexives

Me escondo.I am hiding myself.

The subject (yo) and the direct

object (me) are the same person