Spanish 106 – Sra. Paternina

Exprésate – Capítulo 3.1

 

Vocabulario:

-         Hacer la tarea = To do your homework

-         Hacer los deberes = To do your homework

-         Hacer ejercicio = To exercise

-         Correr = To run

-         Nadar = To swim

-         Patinar = To skate

-         Patinar sobre hielo = iceskate

-         Hielo = Ice

-         Patinar sobre ruedas = rollerblade

-         Ruedas = wheels

-         Pasear = To take a walk

-         Dibujar = To Draw

-         Mirar = To look

-         Escribir = To Write

-         Escribir cartas = To write letters

-         Cantar = To sing

-         Bailar = To dance

-         Comer = To eat

-         Escuchar música = To listen to music

-         Montar en bicicleta = To ride a bike

-         Leer = To read

-         Leer revistas = To read magazines

-         Leer novelas = To read novels

-         Leer libros de …( aventura, ciencia ficción, misterio, terror, amor, historia,…) = To read …( mistery, love…) books

-         Ver televisión = To watch TV

-         Alquilar videos = To rent a movie

-         Cine = movie theater

-         Ir al cine = To go to the movies

-         Centro comercial = mall

-         Ir al centro comercial = To go to the mall

-         Ir de compras = To go shopping

-         Navegar por Internet = Surf the Web

-         Navegar = To sail

-         ¿Con quién? = with whom?

-         Pasar el rato solo/a = To spend time alone

 

-         Solo/a = Alone

-         Conmigo = With me

-         Contigo = With you

-         Con mis amigos = With my friends

-         Con mi familia = With my family

-         Con el/ella = With him/her

-         Con vosotros = With you guys

-         Con nosotros = With us

-         Con usted = With you – formal –

-         Jugar = To play

-         Jugar al tenis = Play tennis

-         Jugar al fútbol americano = To play football

-         Jugar al fútbol = To play soccer

-         Jugar al… (baloncesto, jockey, voleibol, ) = To play… (Basketball, hockey…)

-         Salir = To go out

-         Salir con amigos = to go out with friends

-         Los juegos de mesa = Board games

-         Ni idea = I have no idea.

-         Esta bien = All right

-         Quiero ir = I want to go…

-         Querer (ie) = To want to

-         Hablar = to talk

-         Dulces = Sweets/candy

 

Exprésate:

-         ¿Qué te gusta hacer? = What do you like to do?

-         Me gusta… =  I like to…

-         A mi me gusta salir con amigos = I like to go out with friends.

-         A mis  amigos  y a mi nos gusta… = My friends and I like to…

-         A nosotros nos gusta… = we like to…

-         A ellos les gusta… = They like to…

-         ¿Que quieres hacer hoy? = What do you want to do today?

-         ¿Quiéres ir al cine conmigo? = Do you want to go to the movies with me?

-         No, gracias. No quiero ir al cine hoy. = No, thanks, I don’t want to go to the movies today

 

 

 

 

 

Gustar: Used to express likes, dislikes, things you like or love. They are used NOT with the regular subject pronouns but with the INDIRECT OBJECT PRONOUNS:

 

Yo = me

Tú = te

Él/ella/usted = le

Nosotros = nos

Vosotros = os

Ellos/ellas/ustedes = les

 

Yo – me	Nosotros/as – nos
Tú – te	Vosotros/as – vos
Él/ella/usted - le	Ellos/ellas/ustedes - les

 

When talking about one thing that you like: singular noun à gusta

Me gusta el helado	Nos gusta el helado
Te gusta el helado	Os gusta el helado
Le gusta el helado	Les gusta el helado

 

When talking about more than one thing that you like: plural noun à gustan

Me gustan los helados	Nos gustan los helados
Te gustan los helados	Os gustan los helados
Le gustan los helados	Les gustan los helados

 

 

 

 

The present tense of gustar with infinitives: The infinitive form of a verb tells what’s happening. But unlike a conjugated verb, it doesn’t tell you who performs the action or when the action takes place. In Spanish, infinitives may have one of three endings:

 

-ar     nadar                     -er     correr                           -ir       escribir

 

Like nouns, infinitives are used after gustar to say what people like to do:

Me gusta patinar – I like to skate

 

When gustar is follow by an infinitive you always used the singular form:

me ------ te ------ le ------ nos ------ os ------- les ------

-------     gusta                                     -------

correr. (infinitive) patinar. (infinitive) nadar. (infinitive) jugar. (infinitive)

Gusta + infinitivo:

A Maria le gusta comer = Maria likes eating.

A él le gusta jugar partidos de fútbol = He loves playing soccer games.

A ellos les gusta caminar = they like walking.

A mí me gusta ir al centro = I like to go downtown.

 

 

When gustar is follow by a singular noun you always used the singular form:

me---- te ---- le ---- nos ---- os ---- les ----

gusta

el helado. la pizza. la clase de español. el chocolate.

Gusta + singular noun:

A Maria le gusta el chocolate = Maria likes chocolate.

¿Te gusta la profesora? = Do you like the teacher?

A ellos les gusta la película = They like the movie.

A Tomas le gusta el parque = Thomas likes the park.

 

 

When gustar is follow by a plural noun you always used the plural form:

me  ------ te ------ le ------ nos ------ os ------ les -----

gustan

Los helados Las flores (plural) Los deportes

Gustan + plural noun

A mí me gustan las clases de español = I love the Spanish class.

A Tomás les gustan las manzanas = Thomas likes apples.

A Jack le gustan los animales = Jack likes animals.

 

 

 

Pronouns after prepositions:

After prepositions like a (to), con (with), de (of, from, about) and en (in, on, at) the pronouns yo and tú change to mí and tí. All the other subject pronouns stay the same

 

Subject                              after preposition                         with gustar                        

yo	A mí	me gusta/an
tú	A tí	te gusta/an
Usted/él/ella	A usted/él/ella	le gusta/an
Nosotros/as	A nosotros/as	nos gusta/an
Vosotros/as	A vosotros/as	vos gusta/an
Ustedes/ellos/as	A ustedes/ellos/ellas	les gusta/an

 

To emphasize or clarify who likes something, add a + pronoun to a sentence with gustar: A mí me gusta patinar – I like to skate.

 

 

Con + the pronouns mí and tí make conmigo (with me) and contigo (with you). The rest of the subject pronouns remain the same:

 

yo	Conmigo – with me
tú	Contigo – with you
Usted/él/ella	Con usted/con él/con ella – with he/she
nosotros	Con nosotros/as – with us
Vosotros/as - ustedes	Con vosotros/as con ustedes - with you guys
ellos/ellas	con ellos/con ellas

 

 

 

 

Infinitives:

An infinitive tells the meaning of the verb without naming any subject or tense. In English the infinitives always have the word "to" in front of them. In Spanish, infinitives always end in   "-ar" like cantar,    "-er" like comer,     "-ir" like escribir.

 

-         Correr = To run

-         Nadar = To swim

-         Patinar = To skate

-         Pasear = To take a walk

-         Dibujar = To Draw

-         Mirar = To look

-         Escribir = To Write

-         Cantar = To sing

-         Bailar = To dance

-         Comer = To eat

-         Escuchar = To listen

-         Montar = To ride

-    Leer = To read

 

 

 

 

 

Present tense of Querer – Stem change e àie

 

The verb querer = to want à belong to a group of verbs called stem-changing verbs (e à ie). In this group of verbs, the E in the stem becomes IE in all but the nosotros and vosotros forms in the present tense, “boot verb” remember???

 

Yo     quiero	Nosotros/as    queremos
Tú     quieres	Vosotros/as     queréis
Usted/él/ella       quiere	Ustedes/ellos/as     quieren

 

You can use a noun or an infinitive after a form of querer to say what you or others want to do