Spanish 106 - Sra. Paternina 

Vocabulario = vocabulary

-         Diversiones = entertainment

-         Concierto de rock= rock concert

-         Deporte = sport

-         Discoteca = discotheque

-         Parque zoológico = zoo

-         Juego = game , ride

-         Frecuencia = frequency

-         A veces = sometimes

-         Frecuentemente = frequently

-         Los fines de semana = the weekends

-         Fin de semana = weekend

-         Nunca = never / not ever

-         Raras veces = rarely

-         Siempre = always

-         Todos los días = every day

-         Negativo = negative

-         Algo = something

-         Alguien = someone

-         Nada = nothing

-         Nadie = nobody / no one

-         En = in / on

-         Especial = special

-         Pasar = spend time / to go past

-         A pie = walking / on foot

-         En coche = by car

-         Hacer la comida = to prepare a meal / to fix dinner

-    Camarero = Waiter

-         Cola = Line

-         Limonada = Lemonade

-         Mientras = While

-         Charlar = Chat

-         Quitar = To remove

-         Menuda cola = What a line

-         Guitarrista = Guitarrist

-         Juntos = together

-         Acompañar = To acompany

-         Iglesia = Church

-         Amigos/as = friends

The verbs - Present tense – Plural form

                                  -ar                           -er                          -ir

                                Bailar                      comer                      escribir

Remember that the present-tense verbs in Spanish have three English equivalents:

Ellos comen mucha pasta = They  eat a lot of pasta

                                          They are eating a lot of pasta

                                          They do eat a lot of pasta

Singular form:                        -ar                           -er                        -ir

Expresiones de frecuencia = Expressions of frequency:

Nunca        raras veces         a veces            Frecuentemente            Siempre    

X----------X------------------X----------------X------------------------------X

These words express various degrees of frequency from never – nunca – to always – siempre

Nunca estudio en mi casa = I never study at home

Sam raras veces hace los deberes = Sam rarely does his homework

A veces ellos hacen los deberes = Sometimes they do their homework

Frecuentemente el se porta mal en clase = He frequently misbehave in class

Vosotros siempre sois Buenos = You are always good

Indefinite and negative words: indefinite words are words that do not refer to anything or anybody specific. There some indefinite words that have contrasting negative forms:

Affirmative forms                                   Negative forms

You have learn in the past that the most common way to make a Spanish sentence negative is to put the word “no” before the verb.

Adverbs ending in   -mente

The ending   -mente   takes an adjective and turns it into an adverb. The ending  

-mente   is equivalent to the English  -ly.

Más vocabulario:

-                     Constantemente = Constantly

-                     Usualmente = Usually

-                     Generalmente = Generally

-                     Simplemente = Simply

-                     Desafortunadamente = Unfortunately

-                     Casualmente = Casually

-                     Típicamente = Typically

-                     Silenciosamente = Silently

-                     Probablemente = Probable

-                     Inmediatamente = Immediately

-                     Finalmente = Finally

-                     Dulcemente = Sweetly

-                     Solamente = Only

-                     Rápidamente = Rapidly