Semester 1: summary
Affirmative Tú commands (present tense of él/ella/usted)
EX: Lavar= Lava
irregular Tú commands
VIN DIESEL HAS TEN WEAPONS, EH?
VIN DI SAL HACER TEN VE PON SÉ
venir decir salir hacer tener ir poner ser
to come to say/to tell to leave/to go out to do/to make to have to go to put to place to be
DOP (direct object pronoun)
answers WHOM? or WHAT? about the verb
DOP goes BEFORE the conjugated verb OR ATTACHED to the infinitive verb
EX: I am not going to take it today
BEFORE- No lo voy a tomar hoy
ATTACHED- no voy a tomarlo hoy
ME NOS
TE
LO/LA LOS/LAS
the ‘Personal A’ rule
if the object in a sentence is a PERSON, GROUP of people, or a PET, you proceed with a ‘personal A’
EX: Paula visit a Sofia
DO NOT use ‘personal A’ with the verb TENER (to have)
IOP (indirect object pronoun)
answers TO WHOM? or FOR WHOM?
they ACCOMPANY or REPLACE the IOP nouns that act as IOPs (REPRESENTS PEOPLE)
EX: Rosa gives a ticket TO her= Rosa LE dar un boleto a ella
In a command you ATTACH the IOP AFTER the command
EX: give the chair to armando=DaLE la silla a Armando
ME NOS
TE
LE LES
preterite of “-AR” verbs
tells you what happened at a particular moment in the PAST
-E -AMOS
-ASTE
-O -ARON