Study Guide for Spanish I: 3.1

Here is the study guide for Spanish I for the test next week:

Unidad 3, etapa 1 Study guide

• Using "estar" with emotions

estoy    estamos
estás    estáis
está      están

Yo estoy cansado. = I am tired.
Ella está cansada. = She is tired.
Nosotros estamos cansados. = We are tired.
Ellas están cansadas. = They are tired.

IMPORTANT: The adjective (of emotion) must match the person it describes in gender (masculine or femenine) and number (singular or plural).

• Using "acaber de" + infinitive verb

acabo   acabamos
acabas   acabáis
acaba    acaban

Using "acaber de" + infinitive is a way of writing about the past, about something that just happened.

Yo acabe de estudiar. = I just studied.

IMPORTANT: You need to conjugate acabar, but you do not conjugate the verb that follows "de"

• Using venir

Venir = to come
You use to say you are coming to a place, or coming from a place

vengo    venimos
vienes    venís
viene      vienen

Yo vengo a la escuela. = I come to the school.
Yo vengo al gimnasio. = I come to the gymnasium.
Yo vengo de la escuela. = I come from the school.
Yo vengo del gimnasio. = I come from the gymnasium.

IMPORTANT:

a la: does not change
a + el :changes to 'al'
de la: does not change
de + el: changes to 'del'

·        Using “gustar” = to like

You have already learned how to use “gustar” for Yo, Tú, and Él and ella:

Me gusta(n) = I like

Te gusta(n) = You like

Le gusta(n) = He/She likes

Le gusta(n) = You like (for the formal you: Usted)

Now you need to know how to say we, they, you all like

Nos gusta(n) = We like

Os gusta(n) = You all like (for “vosotros”)

Les gusta(n) = They like

Les gusta(n) = You like (for Ustedes)

IMPORTANT :

• If someone likes one thing, you use “gusta”. If someone likes more than one thing, you use “gustan”
• You NEVER use the pronouns yo, tú, él, ella, usted, nosotros, vosotros, ellos, ellas, or ustedes, in front of “gusta”

Ex. You would never ever ever write: Yo me gusta.