1. Godofredo Gresham
2nd Period
5/9/12

2.  3-imperfect
 4-preterite
 5-preterite: car, gar, zar
 6- preterite: spock verbs
 7- preterite- cucaracha verbs
 8- preterite: snake y snakey
 9- modal verbs
 10- adverbs
 11- progressives- past
 12- progressives- present
 13- future tense
 14-future: irregulars
 15- superlatives
 16- formal commands
 17- prepositions
 18- conditional
 19- demonstratives
 20- ordinal numbers

3.  The imperfect is used for past actions that are
not seen as completed. Use of the imperfect
tense implies that the past action did not
have a definite beginning or a definite end.
AR ER/IR
Aba Iba
Abas Ibas
Aba Iba
Ábamos Íbamos
Aban iban

4. This is used to describe what you did in the
past.
Ex. I ate yesterday.
Yo comí ayer.
AR ER/IR
E I
Aste Iste
O Io
Amos Imos
Aron ieron

5. -Car -Gar -Zar
-qué gué cé
aste aste aste
ó ó ó
amos amos amos
aron aron aron

6. Dar y Ver Ser y Ir Hacer
d/v: i fui hice
d/v: iste fuiste hiciste
d/v: io fue hizo
d/v: imos fuimos hicimos
d/v: ieron fuieron hicieron

7. For the preterite form of these verbs, you use the cucaracha form and then add the
conjugated ending.
Verb Cucaraca Form Verb Cucaracha Form
Andar Anduve- Estar Estuve-
Poder Pud- Poner Pus-
Quere Quis- Saber Sup-
Tener Tuv- Venir Vin-
Conducir Conduj- Producir Produj-
Traducir Traduj- Decir Dij-
Traer Traj-
-e -iste -o
-imos -isteis -ieron

8.  It only stem changes in the 3rd person
Dormir Leer
Dormí Leí
Dormimos Leimos
Dormiste Leiste
Durmió Leyó
Dumieron Leyeron
In the 3rd person preterite form of –er and
–ir verbs with stems that end in a vowel,
change the I to a Y.

9.  For these you use the conjugated form of a
verb and then say the infinitive
 Conjugated verb + infinitive

10.  In English, all adverbs end in –ly, in spanish,
you put the adjective in the feminine form
and ad the ending –mente.
Ex. Rapido  Rapida  Rapidamente!

11. In English, these have the ending –ing. In
spanish, they differ between ar, er, and ir
verbs.
AR  -ando
ER/IR  -iendo
EX. Trabajar  trabajando
Comer  comiendo

12.  This tense, EL PASADO PROGRESIVO, is used when
you say sentences such as..
 I was working.
 Estaba trabajando. / Trabajaba
 They were studying.
 Ellos estaban estudiando ahora.
 We were selling a novel
 Estábamos vendiendo una novela.
 He was eating a lot.
 Él estaba comiendo mucho.
 She was leaving in two days.
 Estaba partiendo en dos díasor..
 partía en dos días

13.  Used to say “I will do something.”
Infinitive + AR(á, ás, á, emos, eis, án) or ER/IR(é,
ás, á, emos, éis, án)
I will eat tomorrow.
Yo comeré manana.

14. Infinitive Base for Conjugation
Decir Dir-
Hacer Har-
Poner Pondr-
Salir Saldr-
Tener Tendr-
Voler Vendr-
Podir Podr-
Querer Quer-
Saber Sabr-

15.  definite article + noun + más (menos) +
adjective + de
 A superlative describes something relative to
a larger group.
Ex. Paul is the smartest boy in the class.
Paul es el chico más intelligente de la clase.

16.  In the Usted/Ustedes form, you put it in the
yo form and change it to a feminine form.
 Ex. Trabajar  Trabajo  Trabaja
 Usted, trabaja en el proyecto por favor.

17.  Abajo: below Prepositions are
 Arriba: above used to describe
 Debajo: under where something is
comparatively to
 Dentro: inside something else.
 Encima: abpove
 Fuera: outside
 Cerca: near
 Lejos: far
 Detras: behind

18.  Used to tell how something could/would have
happened.
Ar Er Ir
hablar comer vivir
hablaría comería viviría
hablarías comerías vivirías
hablaría comería viviría
hablaríamos comeríamos viviríamos
hablaríais comeríais viviríais
hablarían comerían vivirían

19.  These are used to help describe which object
somebody is talking about That Over There
This That
Este Ese Aquel
Esta Esa Aquella
These Those Those Over There
Estos Esos Aquellos
Estas Esas Aquellas

20.  1st: primero
 2nd: segundo
 3rd: tercero
 4th: cuarto
 5th: quinto
 6th: sexto
 7th: septimo
 8th: octavo
 9th: noveno
 10th: Decimo