Simple present in Spanish indicates that the action expressed by the verb is given in the same time it is spoken. It is one of the most used verb tenses. That's why it can be used in many different contexts. It is not used only...
USEFUL VOCABULARY IN ORDER TO DESCRIBE SITUATIONS AT THE POST, AT THE HOTEL, MEANS OF TRANSPORT, TOURISM, HOUSING, HOUSEWORK AND CULTURE: part II At the post: buzón de la casa = letterbox (GB), mailbox (US) buzón del correo = postbox (GB), mailbox (US) carta = letter carta certificada = registered...
USEFUL VOCABULARY IN ORDER TO DESCRIBE THE HUMAN BEING, AT THE DOCTOR, AT THE DRUGSTORE / HOSPITAL, HAVING SHOPPING, THE FOOD AND AT THE RESTAURANT: The human being: 1.Describing people according to their physical appearance and character. 2.Asking and responding about age. 3. feelings 4.body parts 5.the face 6.the hair 7.the five senses 1.Physical...
Use of the adjective with the verbs: Ser and Estar We’ll dedicate this section to look at some adjectives with the verbs ser and estar (to be), which often cause confusion in Spanish. Take a look at the examples and you’ll see that the verb ser doesn’t work...
THE VERBS: SER (TO BE), ESTAR (TO BE) & HABER (TO HAVE) The verbs ser, estar and haber are irregular and used very frequently in Spanish. PRESENT SER: Yo soy Tú eres Él/ella/usted es Nosotros/-as somos Vosotros/-as sois Ellos/-as son USES OF THE VERB SER: 1. Identifying a person: Ella es Ana y él es...
GROUPS OF WORDS: On the basis of morphemes, words can be classified as follows: primitive: no morpheme: pan, coche, leche, mar prefixed: include a prefix (start of the word): -in,-a,-re,-des Enterrar: desenterrar: verb Juicio: prejuicio: noun Moral: amoral: adjective In-finito, a-moral, re-hacer, des-hacer In spanish there are many Latin and Greek prefixes: a: means...
THE ARTICLE The article defines a noun, that coincides with it in genre and number. Spanish, even if the neutral does not exist, has brought (from the Latin) the neutral form "LO" in the article. it is used to use as a noun the adjectives. THE DEFINITE...
THE ADJECTIVE: GENRE AND NUMBER Remember that the adjective accompanies a noun and coincides in gender and number with it whether placed before or after it. Besides the morphemes of gender and number, the adjective has morphemes of degree: comparative and superlative. The adjective can have...
THE ADVERBS: The adverbs of time, place, manner and quantity answer the following questions: when, where, how and how much? They don’t have a fixed position in the phrase and they function as circumstantial complements. In Spanish, there are adverbial locutions that function in the same...
