Wednesday, March 2nd

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

Spanish I:

• went over the following grammar lessons:

I. Ar verbs:

The endings for regular -ar verbs are:

-o               -amos
-as              -áis
-a               -an

example: hablar=to talk

hablo            hablamos
hablas           habláis
habla            hablan

II. Adverbs of frequency - are used with verbs to indicate how often you do something.

These come before the verb:
siempre = always
rara vez = rarely
nunca = never

Yo siempre hablo español. = I always speak Spanish.

These come after the verb
mucho = often
poco = a little

Yo estudio mucho. = I study often.

These can go at the beginning or the end of teh sentence:
todos los días = every day
a veces = sometimes
de vez en cuando = once in a while

Yo hablo español todos los días. = I speak Spanish every day.

III. Expressing obligation with hay que and tener que

To talk about things you must do, you can use two phrases that express obligation.

a) The impersonal phrase "hay que" + an infinitive verb

Hay que estudiar para el examen. = One must (You have to) study for the exam.

b) Using tener + que

Tengo que estudiar para el examen. = I have to study for the exam. (I must study for the exam)
b) Use the verb "tener: followed by "que". You must conjugate "tener"