Monday, March 7th

Spanish I:  Chapter test has been moved to this F day. Study guides will be passed out on B day.

2.1 Examen Study Guide

ü      ALL vocab is fair game!  Make sure that you know everything in your 2.1 vocab, even if we rarely used it!

ü      Know your AR verb conjugation !

o       Find the stem, then add:

o       –o                    -amos

o       –as                   -áis

o       –a                    -an

Ex:

Hablar: The stem is "habl"

hablo                    hablamos

hablas                  habláis

hablan                  hablan

ü      Know how to use tener que + infinitive and hay que + infinitive

1) Using "Hay que":

Hay que stays the same and is an impersonal expression meaning "One must".

The second verb stays in the infinitive and is not conjugated.

Ex.

Hay que estudiar. = One must study.

2) Using "Tener que":

You must conjugate "tener' depending on who the subject of the sentence is.

The second verb stays in the infinitive and is not conjugated.

Tengo que estudiar. = I must study.

Tenemos que estudiar. = We must study.

ü      Know your adverbs of frequency!

You must know if the adverbs go before or after the verb, or if they go at the beginning or end of the sentence.

Before the verb:

nunca:  Yo nunca hablo español.

siempre: Yo siempre hablo español.

rara vez: Yo rara vez hablo español.

After the verb:

mucho: Yo hablo mucho.

poco: Yo hablo poco.

At the beginning or end of the sentence:

A veces: A veces yo hablo español. Yo hablo español a veces.

De vez en cuando: De vez en cuando yo hablo español. Yo hablo español de vez en cuando.

Todos los días: Todos los días yo hablo español. Yo hablo español todos los días.

Spanish 7:

• reviewed the verb tener and how to conjugate it

yo tengo                        nosotros tenemos
tú tienes                         vosotros tenéis
él/ella/usted tiene           ellos/ellas ustedes tienen

• learned how to use possessives sentences in Spanish.

Important: There is no apostrophe in Spanish. You need to turn the sentence around:

Example:
Ana's dog = El perro de Ana (The dog of Ana)
Juan's sister = La hermana de Juan (The sister of Juan)

• subject pronouns                   possessive adjectives

           yo = I                                                          mi = my
           tú = you                                                       tu = your
           él = he                                                         su = his
           ella = she                                                     su = her
           usted = you                                                  su = your 
           nosotros = we                                              nuestro = our
           vosotros = you (y'all)                                    vuestro = your
           ellos = they                                                  su = their
           ellas = they                                                  su = their
           ustedes = you  (y'all)                                    su = your

Yo tengo un perro. Es mi perro. = I have a dog. It is my dog.

Important: there is no word for "it" in Spanish. You just leave it out. Es = It is