This document provides a summary of Spanish grammar topics including nationalities, stem-changing verbs, para usage, indirect object pronouns, object pronoun placement, gustar, affirmatives and negatives, superlatives, reflexive verbs, affirmative and negative commands, and sequencing events. It defines key terms and provides examples for each topic.
“MESA HUMANITARIA DE MUJERES AFRO-COLOMBIANAS
PARA LA INCLUSIÓN Y PARTICIPACIÓN
EN LAS POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS
Y EL RECONOCIMIENTO DE DERECHOS
(TUMACO - NARIÑO)”
Octubre 2009 – Octubre 2011
“MESA HUMANITARIA DE MUJERES AFRO-COLOMBIANAS
PARA LA INCLUSIÓN Y PARTICIPACIÓN
EN LAS POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS
Y EL RECONOCIMIENTO DE DERECHOS
(TUMACO - NARIÑO)”
Octubre 2009 – Octubre 2011
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4. Stem-Changers
Dormir (o > ue) Preferir (e> ie)
yo duermo Nosotros dormimos yo prefiero Nosotros preferimos
Tu duermes Tu prefieres
El/ella/ud. Ellos/ellas/uds. El/ella/ud. Ellos/ellas/uds.
duerme duermen prefiere prefieren
Jugar ( u > ue) Pedir (e >i)
yo juego Nosotros jugamos yo pido Nosotros pedimos
Tu juegas Tu pides
El/ella/ud. Ellos/ellas/uds. El/ella/ud. Ellos/ellas/uds.
juega juagan pide piden
5. Para
• Use para to indicate:
- Recipient of items: Compro un regalo
para mi mama.
- Purpose: Vamos al café para comer.
- Implied purpose: Tengo dinero para
(comprar) algo.
6. Indirect Object Placement
Indirect object pronouns me nos
are given to represent
who the action is to.
– I gave money to her.
Indirect object pronouns te
are different for who is
receiving the action
and are placed before
the verb. le les
7. Object Pronoun Placement
• 1. Attach the pronoun to the infinitive.
• 2. Attach the pronoun to a progressive
• 3. Attach the pronoun to an affirmative
command
• 4. Place the pronoun before the
conjugated verb
8. Gustar
Me: gusta Nos: gusta
• Gustar means to like.
However, instead of or gustan or gustan
conjugating gustar as you
would a usual verb, it
stays the same in all
Te: gusta
forms. It changes or gustan
between gusta and
gustan depending on how
many objects a person Le: gusta Les: gusta
likes. or gustan or gustan
9. Affirmatives and Negatives
Algo Something Nada Nothing
Alguien Someone Nadie No one
Alguno/a Some Ninguno/a None, not
any
También Also Tampoco Either,
neither
10. Superlatives
• Added to adjectives and adverbs. It is the same
as saying very or extremely.
• Example: Malo becomes malismo or muchas becomes muchismas.
• Adjectives and adverbs ending in c, g, or z
change to qu, gu, and c.
• Example: rico becomes riquisimo, larga becomes larguiisima, and feliz becomes
felicisimo.
• Adjectives and adverbs ending in n or r, add
cisimo.
• Example: joven becomes jovencisimo.
11. Reflexives
• Reflexive pronouns are used
with reflexive verbs to indicate Me: To me Nos: To us
that the subject of the
sentence receives the action of
the verb.
• Many verbs can be used with
or without reflexive pronouns. Te: To you
Without a reflexive pronoun,
the person doing the action
does not receive the action.
• When you use the infinitive
form of a reflexive verb after a Le: To him Les: To
conjugated verb, you have to
use the correct reflexive or To her them
prounoun.
12. Affirmative Tu Commands
• In affirmative decir di
commands, put the hacer haz
verb in it’s tu form and
ir ve
then drop the “s.”
• Example: caminar becomes iCamina! poner pon
salir sal
ser se
tener ten
vener ven
13. Negative tu commands
tener No tengas
• 1. Put the verb in it’s vener No vengas
yo form
dar/decir No des/digas
• 2. Change the vowel
(ar > e; er, ir > a) ir No voyas
• 3. Add an “s.” ser No seas
Example: hablar > hablo > iNo hables!
hacer No hagas
estar No estés
saber No sepas,
salgas
14. Sequencing Events
primero Entonces Luego/des Por fin Antes de/ Por la Los lunes,
pues despues manana/ etc.
de tarde/
noche
First Then Later/after Finally Before/afte In/during On
r the (no mondays
specific
time given