Spanish 2 - Unit 2: Leisure Activities, Social Plans, and Grammar

Comprehensive vocabulary and grammar review flashcards covering leisure activities, social plans, question words, and preterite tense verb conjugations for Spanish 2 Unit 2.

andar en bicicleta / montar en bicicleta

To ride a bike

andar en patineta / montar en patineta

To ride a skateboard

asistir a (conciertos, eventos, fiestas…)

To go to / attend to (concerts, events, parties…)

dormir (o>ue) (una siesta)

To sleep (take a nap)

dar un paseo

To go for a walk

hacer esquí acuático

Water ski

hacer camping

To go camping

hacer tareas domésticas

To do chores

hacer la tarea

To do school homework

traer (yo traigo)

To bring

el desfile (de/del)

The parade

el disfraz

The costume

la carroza

Parade float / car

los fuegos artificiales

Fireworks

la guagua

The bus (used in the Caribbean)

el centro comercial

Mall

el centro de la ciudad

Downtown

el campo deportivo

Sport field

la sala de conciertos

Concert venue

No es para tanto

It is not a big deal

¡Me encantaría!

I would love to!

Ya tengo planes

I already have plans

Todo el mundo

Everybody

Tener calor / Tener frio

To be hot / To be cold (physical sensations expressed using the verb 'tener' instead of 'estar')

Tener hambre / Tener sed

To be hungry / To be thirsty (physical sensations expressed using the verb 'tener' instead of 'estar')

¡Estuvo chévere!

It was cool

¡Lo pasé bomba!

I had a great time

¡Me divertí mucho!

I had much fun

Me quedé en casa

I stayed home

Ir + a + [Place]

Formula used to tell where someone is going (e.g., Yo voy a la escuela; combines 'a + el' into the contraction 'al')

Ir + a + Infinitive Verb

Formula used to describe actions in the near or immediate future, similar to 'going to' in English

¿Cuál? / ¿Cuáles?

Which? / Which one(s)? (question word used for selections or specific choices)

¿Por qué?

Why? (two words with an accent, distinguished from the single word 'porque' which means 'because')

¿Para qué?

What for? / Why?

-AR Regular Preterite Endings

-é, -aste, -ó, -amos, -asteis, -aron (written accents are on the 'yo' and 3rd-person singular forms)

-ER and -IR Regular Preterite Endings

-í, -iste, -ió, -imos, -isteis, -ieron (written accents are on the 'yo' and 3rd-person singular forms)

Preterite endings for Irregular stem verbs

-e, -iste, -o, -imos, -isteis, -ieron (these endings do not carry written accent marks)

Hacer (Preterite conjugation)

Irregular stem 'hic-' (hice, hiciste, hicimos, hicisteis, hicieron), with the special 3rd-person singular form 'hizo'

Tener (Preterite stem)

tuv- (tuve, tuviste, tuvo, tuvimos, tuvisteis, tuvieron)

Estar (Preterite stem)

estuv- (estuve, estuviste, estuvo, estuvimos, estuvisteis, estuvieron)

Poder (Preterite stem)

pud- (pude, pudiste, pudo, pudimos, pudisteis, pudieron)

SER / IR (Preterite conjugation)

Both share the identical preterite forms: fui, fuiste, fue, fuimos, fuisteis, fueron (context clarifies whether the meaning is 'to be' or 'to go')

-CAR verbs (Preterite spelling change)

Change 'c' to 'qu' only in the 'yo' form (e.g., practicar -> Yo practiqué)

-GAR verbs (Preterite spelling change)

Change 'g' to 'gu' only in the 'yo' form (e.g., jugar -> Yo jugué)