vocabulario del diario

desayuné

I had/ate breakfast

Which

Cuál

luego

then , later

caminado

walking

fui

I went/was

al gimnasio

to the gym

esta mańana

this morning

al

to the

se

he/she - , used when:

1. a "he/she" does something to himself/herself , el perro se rasca , the dog scratches itself

2.interacts with another person - Maria y Juan se abrazan , Maria and Juan hug each other

3. or when it replaces "to him" , se lo compré , I bought it for him

quedó a dormir

stayed to sleep

dormir

to sleep

así

so

cansada

tired

trabajé

I worked

turno de siete horas

seven hour shift

tuve

I had

día libre

free day/day off

pasé la mañana

I spent the morning

llegué

I arrived

casa

house , home

habitación

room

limpié

I cleaned

me sentí

I felt

triste

sad

un poco

a little

hace un rato

a while ago

porque

because

extrańo (adjective)

strange / weird

extraño a mis (verb)

I miss my

sin embargo

however ( literally means without barrier/ without being stopped)

toqué el piano

play the piano

how do you change a regular - ar verb to the "yo" (i) past tense?

change the ending to -é (preterite/completed past action)

ex:

1. hablo (I speak) - hablé (I spoke)

2. trabajo ( i work) - trabajé ( i worked)

eso

that

me hizo

made me ( ex me hizo mas filez - it made me happier)

mas

further/more

feliz

happy

correr

run

salí

I left/went out

divertido

fun

difícil

hard

fue

he / she /it was (referring to a completed state)

fue vs era (both mean it was)

fue - preterite = concrete event

1. ex: El concierto fue ayer (the concert was yesterday)

2. completed action with a clear end

era - imperfect = description / background

1. ex: La casa era azul (the house was blue)

2. ongoing state , habit . time or age

mayor

elderly

joven

young