Big Grammar Review: Part 2
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To finish going over grammar that all students in the intermediate class should know (from previous classes and the first part of this year)
Students each received two flashcards and gave verb endings for regular present tense verbs.
-ar (o, as, a, amos, an)
-er/ir (o, es, e, emos/imos, en)
We continued our grammar review.
Possessive pronouns
mi/mis
tu/tus
su/sus
nuestro/a/os/as
su/sus
The singular/plural (and masculine/feminine in the case of nosotros) depends on the noun you're talking about.
Sus amigos (their friends--sus is plural because amigos is plural).
Nuestra casa. (Casa is singular and feminine).
definite/indefinite articles
la/las or el/los are definite articles
un(o)/una or unos/unas are indefinite articles
Just like in English, we use the to talk about something specific:
Hand me the phone. (Implies a specific phone).
Hand me a phone. (Implies any phone).
In Spanish unos/unas means some or a few.
Demonstrative pronouns
In English, there are four possibilities depending on singular/plural (this/these/that/those) while Spanish adds an additional four depending on gender.
this/these
este/estos (masculine singular/plural) esta/estas (feminine singular/plural)
that/those
ese/esos (masculine singular/plural) esa/esas (feminine singular/plural)
Reflexive verbs
For actions that people generally do to themselves, Spanish has a reflexive pronoun that goes before the verb:
Me
te
se
nos
se
Many routine verbs are reflexive despertarse, levantarse, lavarse, ducharse, vestirse (to wake up, to get up, to wash, to shower, to get dressed).
She washes her face. (Reflexive, she washes her own face)
She washes her dog. (Not reflexive, she is washing the dog)
The verb is conjugated like normal, and then needs a reflexive pronoun in front of it.
Tarea: students are again to study what we worked on today. Thursday we will finish the remaining review items (verbs like gustar, preterite, and futuro cercano).
