This document provides an outline for a grammar book covering various topics of Spanish grammar including: 1. The preterit and imperfect tenses, their uses and irregular verb forms. 2. Verbs like gustar and their meanings. 3. Comparatives and superlatives. 4. Transition words and phrases. 5. The future tense, its uses and irregular verb forms. 6. Uses of the words "por" and "para". 7. Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns in Spanish.

1. Grammar Book Ben Blackburn 12/09/2010

2. Table of Contents 1.0 Preterit 1.1 Trigger words 1.2 Car-, Gar-, Zar- 1.3 Spock 1.4 Cucaracha 1.5 Snake 1.6 Snakey 2.0 Imperfect 2.1 Trigger words 2.2 Irregulars 3.0 Preterit VS Imperfect 4.0 Ser VS Estar 5.0 Verbs like gustar 6.0 Comparative/ Superlative 7.0 Transition 8.0 Future tense 8.1 Trigger words 8.2 Irregular 9.0 Por 10.0 Para 11.0 Demonstrative Adjectives 12.0 Demonstrative Pronouns

3. 1.0 Pretérito Used for recent past Used for a definite past time Indicates a interrupting action

4. 1.1 Trigger words Ayer Anoche Ante ayer Pasado Hace….que….

5. 1.2 Car-, Gar-, Zar-

6. 1.3 Spock Ir, Ser (to go, to be) Dar, Ver (to give, to see) Hacer (to make/do)

7. 1.4 Cucaracha Irregular preterite verbs 1. Andar- aduv 2. Estar- estuv 3. Poder- pud 4. Poner- pus 5. Querer- quis 6. Saber- sup 7. Tener- tuv 8. Venir- vin 9. Conducir- conduj 10. Producir- produj 11. Traducir- traduj 12. Decir- dij 13. Traer- traj

8. 1.5 Snake Verbs thot only chage when using in the third person. e>I 1. Pedir 2. Preferir 3. Competir 4. Repetir 5. Servir 6. Sentir 7. Venir O>U Dormir and morir

9. 1.6 Snakey Verbs that only change when used in the third person. i>y Oir e>y Leer and creer

10. 2.0 Imperfect A general time in the past Continous action More distant than othe tenses

11. 2.1 Trigger words Words that hint that the imperfect is being used. Siempre Frecuentamente A veces Mientras Los lunes Cadadia Todos los dias

12. 2.2 Irregulars

13. 3.0 Preterit VS Imperfect

14. 4.0 Ser VS Estar

15. 5.0 Verbs like gustar Aburrir (to bore) Encantar(to love) Faltar(to fail Importar (to be important) Interesar(to interest) Facinar (to fascinate) Molestar (to bother) Quedar (to be) Doler (to hurt) Caerbien(mal) Preocupar(to preoccupy) Disgustar (to disgust) Apetecer(to wish for)

16. 6.0 Comparative/ Superlative

17. 7.0 Transition A pesar de (In spite of) Aunque (Even though) Mientraspero (While) Por lo tanto (Therefore) Sin embargo (However) No obstante (Nevertheless) También (also)

18. 8.0 Future tense I, You, He, She, They, We, You all (will) Used to say that someone will do something

19. 8.1 Trigger words Mañana El proximo + time frame( semana/hora) En + # + time frame

20. 8.2 Irregular Decir(dir ) Hacer(har ) Poner(pondr ) Salir(saldr ) Tener(tendr ) Valler(valdr ) Venir(vendr ) Poder(podr ) Querer(querr ) Saber(sabe ) Caber(cabr ) Haber(habr)

21. 9.0 Por Passing through-PORtal General rather than specific location-PORtugal How long something lasts-PORever The cause of something-PORpuse An exchange-imPORt Doing something in place of or instead of something else- im POR…pay for me A means of transportation-transPORtation

22. 10.0 Para For whom something is done-surprise PARAty Destination- PARAguay The purpose for which something is done- (PARAsites) Te express an opinion-PARAdon me The contrast or compare-comPARA Express idea of deadline-PARAmedic

23. 11.0 Demonstrative Adjectives Words that are used to point to something. There are 3 in total not including tenses and gender. Este(this) Ese(that) Aquel(that) There are 12 total but they are just different forms of these adjectives.

24. 12.0 Demonstrative Pronouns These are used to identify a specific noun or prnoun. There are 3 main ones but 12 total that are just different forms of the main 3. éste(this) ése(that) aquel(that)