Tag Archives: Spanish Grammar
Review: Futuro imperfecto – irregular verbs Posted by Adir on May 18, 2012
Hey, there! Let’s review today the futuro imperfecto of some irregular verbs in Spanish. Practice your pronunciation with the audio! Download audio Saber (to know) – sabré, sabrás, sabrá, sabremos, sabréis, sabrán Caber (to fit) – cabré, cabrás, cabrá, cabremos, cabréis, cabrán Poner (to put) – pondré, pondrás, pondrá, pondremos, pondréis, pondrán Tener (to have)…
La apócope Posted by Adir on May 8, 2012
Three years ago I wrote about la apócope in Spanish and today I’m going to review some rules and give you more examples. La apócope is when the last word or syllable of a word is lost, due to phonetic reasons. In Spanish the following words are apocopadas (shortened): 1 – Some words that come…
How to use the verbs “haber” and “tener” Posted by Adir on May 3, 2012
The verbs haber and tener are used to express necessity or obligation. Haber – We use hay que to express necessity and we can replace it with es necesario (it’s necessary). Hay que estudiar mucho para aprender bien el español. [You need to study a lot to learn Spanish well.] Hay que cambiar la ventana…
The Superlative in Spanish Posted by Adir on Apr 11, 2012
There are two kinds of superlative in Spanish: relative and absolute. The relative superlative describes a noun within a context of a larger group. Some examples in English: Juan is the tallest kid in his classroom. María is the smartest student in the whole school. This is the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen. We…
Irregular verbs in the past review Posted by Adir on Apr 9, 2012
Hey, everyone! How’s it going? We all know that verbs are kind of tricky in Spanish so let’s review 8 very common verbs in the Pretérito Indefinido. The Pretérito Indefinido expresses the idea that something is finished, over. It’s used with time expressions like ayer (yesterday), el mes pasado (last month), dos horas atras (two…
Perífrasis verbales de gerundio Posted by Adir on Apr 6, 2012
Gerund verb phrases indicate that it is an ongoing action, an uninterrupted process or an interrumpted action that has been performed repeatedly. Let’s check out some of them! 1. Andar + gerund – Express a persistant and durative activity. Andan diciendo que se va a acabar el mundo. [People are saying the world is coming…
Verb agreement in Spanish – Part 02 Posted by Adir on Mar 27, 2012
Hi! Yesterday we took a look at some verb agreement cases en español and today let´s check out some specific cases. Collective nouns verb agreement 1. When the subject is a collective noun and is in the singular form, the verb usually agrees with it in number. Mucha gente vino a la fiesta. [Many people…