2. Table of Contents
 Page 3- Que Vs. Cual
 Page 4- Transitional Words
 Page 5- Ser
 Page 6- Gustar
 Page 7- Estar
 Page 8- Imperfect
 Page 9- triggers
 Page 10- acabar de
 Page 11- hacer expressions
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3. Que Vs. Cual
Que Cual
 Used when asking for  Used when not seeking a
definitions or before a definition or making a
noun. suggestion.
 Ex:  Ex:
Que es un cuidad. Que casa prefieres?
Que hace un presidente. Cuales quieres?
Cual es tu numero de
telefono?
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4. Transitional Words
 Ni- Nor
 Pero- But
 Y- and
 O- or
 Despues- After
 Primero- First
 Pronto- Soon
 Por fin- Finally
 Luego- Next
http://users.wpi.edu/~arivera/transi.html
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5. First Second Third 5
Person Person Person D Descriptions
O Origin
C Characterics
Yo Soy Tu eres Ello es
T Time
O Occupation
R Relationships
Nosotros Vosotros
Ellos son P Possesion
somos sois
E Events
D Dates
Ser Verb Forms!!
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6. Gustar
Singular Plural Singular Plural
1st Gusto Gustamos I please me We please
me
2nd Gustas Gustais You please You all
me please me
3rd Gusta Gustan He/she They
pleases me please me
Formal gusta gustan He (formal) They
(usted) pleases me (formal)
please me
Remember gustar is conjigated to fit the word after it not before it.
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7. Estar
Singular Plural Singular Plural
1st Estoy Estamos I am We are
2nd Estas ----------- You are -------------
3rd Esta Estan He is They are
formal Esta Estan He (formal) They
is (formal) are
When is it used? “ING”
•Health “ar”- ando
•Emotion “er” and “ir”-endo
•Location
•Present condition Yendo is used with double vowels
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8. Imperfect
Aba abamos
Abas
aba
Abais
Aban
AR
Ia Iamos
Ias
Ia
Iais
Ian
ER
Ia Iamos
Ias
ia
Iais
Ian
IR
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9. Hacer Expressions
 Hace+time+que+conjugated verb
-It has been (amount of time) since……
 Ir+a+infinitive (remember to conjugate ir)
-I am going to……
 Hay+que+infinitive
-says what needs to be done; doesn’t specify a
specific person to do the task
 Se prohibe+infinitive
-Says _______ is prohibited
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10. Reflexive Verbs
 Reflexive verbs are verbs in which the do-er
and the reciever are the same
 Reflexive verbs in the dictionary always end in
“se”
Me Nos
 Examples: despertarse, dormirse,
Te
Se se
vestirse
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11. Tu commands
 Affirmative Tu commands are commands in which you drop
the “s” and add exclamation marks.
 Ex: to say “you do it” you would use haces, drop the “s”
making it hace, and add exclamations; this turns it into
¡Hace!
 Tu commands can be affirmative or negative
 Negative commands:di, haz, ve, pon, sal, se, ten, ven
 To negate a command:
1. Change into yo form
2. Switch the end vowel
3. Add an “s”
EX: No hagas, no digas, no vega
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12. DOP + placement
 The DOP is the pronoun that recieves an
action
 They can be placed after an infinitive,
progressive, or with an affirmitive command
 Ex: comerlo! (infinitive)
 Ex2: comelo! (affirmative command)
 Ex3:comiendolo (present progresive)
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13. Preterite
 Preterites are for doing an action that was
ongoing in the past
 The endings are:
É Amos Í Imos
Aste -------------- Iste -------------------
Ó Aron Ió Ieron
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