SPA 203 Week 3

It was a beautiful day and she felt happy.

Era un día bonito y ella se sentía feliz.

When I heard the news, I felt bad.

Cuando escuché la noticia, me sentí mal.

Which verb form is used to describe ongoing emotions?

imperfect

Which verb form is used to describe a change in emotion?

preterite

to become bored

aburrirse

to become happy

alegrarse

to become frightened

asustarse

to become angry

enojarse

to become frustrated

frustrarse

to be surprised

sorprenderse

I was frightened when I saw the accident.

Me asusté cuando vi el accidente.

The witnesses were happy when they discovered that nobody was hurt.

Los testigos se alegraron cuando descubrieron que nadie estaba herido.

I feel fine today.

Hoy me siento bien.

They felt sad when he left.

Se sintieron tristes cuando se fue.

The girls were angry because the party was cancelled.

Las chicas se enojaron porque la fiesta fue cancelada.

When my friend moved, I became sad.

Cuando se mudó mi amigo me puse triste.

met

conocer (preterite)

found out

saber (preterite)

haber (preterite) meaning

there were/was, occurred

poder (preterite) meaning

succeeded in

failed to

no poder (preterite)

tried to

querer (preterite)

no querer preterite meaning

refused to

When I arrived, I didn’t know anyone, but later I met Inma.

Cuando llegué no conocía a nadie, pero más tarde conocí a Inma.

I didn’t know it was her birthday, so I didn’t bring a gift.

No sabía que era su cumpleaños, y por eso no llevé un regalo.

estudiar imperfect conjugation

estudiaba, estudiabas, estudiaba, estudiábamos, estudiaban

ir imperfect conjugation

iba, ibas, iba, íbamos, iban

hacer imperfect conjugation

hacía, hacías, hacía, hacíamos, hacían