Spanish Study notes

Preterite

Refers to actions that have already been completed or happened once in the past.

Person Conjugations

The different forms of a verb based on the subject pronoun (yo, tú, él/ella, nosotros, ustedes/ellos).

Imperfect

Describes actions that happened repeatedly or habits in the past.

Accent Mark

A diacritical mark used in Spanish to indicate the stress or pronunciation of a word.

Agudas

Words that have the stress on the last syllable and require an accent mark if they end in -n, -s, or a vowel.

Llanas/Graves

Words that have the stress on the second-to-last syllable and require an accent mark if they end in a consonant other than -n or -s.

Esdrújulas

Words that have the stress on the third-to-last syllable and always require an accent mark.

Direct Objects

Nouns or pronouns that directly receive the action of a verb.

Direct Object Pronouns

Me, te, lo/la, nos, os, los/las - used to replace direct objects in a sentence.

Indirect Objects

Nouns or pronouns that receive the action indirectly.

Indirect Object Pronouns

Me, te, le, nos, os, les - used to replace indirect objects in a sentence.