SPAN 201 Study Guide - Final Guide: Susan Boyle, Sube Card, Regular And Irregular Verbs
8 Nov 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Difference between ser & estar
Ser
Estar
Date
Position
Occupation
Location
Characteristics
Action
Time
Condition
Origin
Emotion
Relation (family)
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Describing family’s
→ Father – Padre
→ Mother – Madre
→ Parents – Padres
→ Daughter – Hija
→ Spanish word for son – Hijo
→ Sister – Hermana
→ Brother – Hermano
Husband – Esposo
→ Wife – Esposa
→ Aunt in Spanish – tía
→ Uncle – tío
→ Niece – Sobrina
→ Cousin (female) – Prime
→ Mother-in-law in Spanish – Suegra
→ Sister-in-law in Spanish – Cuñada
→ Nephew – Sobrino
→ Cousin (male) – Primo
→ Father-in-law – Suegro
→ Brother-in-law – Cuñado
Forms of Progressive Adjectives
Singular Noun
Plural noun
Translation
mi
mis
My
tu
tus
Your (informal)
su
sus
There, your, his, her
Nuestro (a)
Nuestro (a/s)
our
Vuestro (a)
Vuestro (a/s)
Your (formal)
Example of sentences:
→ Ellas son mis hermanas. - They are my sisters.
→ Mi hermana tiene 22 años. - My sister is 22 years old.
→ Tengo dos hermanos y una hermana. - I have two brothers and one sister.
→ Mi familia es muy grande. Tengo seis hermanos – cuatro hermanos y dos hermanas. Soy el
mayor. Tengo treinta y dos años. - My family is very large. I have six siblings – four brothers and
two sisters. I am the oldest. I’m thirty-two years old.
→ Mi papá es doctor y mi mamá es enfermera. Ambos trabajan en un hospital. - My dad is a doctor
and my mom is a nurse. Both work in a hospital.
→ Ya soy casado. Mi esposa se llama Rachel. Ella solo tiene un hermano. Ella también tiene una
madrastra y un padrastro. Su familia me cae muy bien. Todavía no tenemos hijos. - I’m already
married. My wife’s name is Rachel. She has only one brother. She also has a stepmother and
stepfather. I like her family very much. We do not have children yet.
→ Tengo abuelos por parte de mi madre. También tengo muchos tíos, tías, y primos. - I have
grandparents on my mother’s side. I also have many uncles, aunts, and cousins.
→ Todavía no tengo sobrinos ni sobrinas, porque mis hermanos son jóvenes. - I don’t have any
nephews or nieces yet, because my siblings are young.
**To remember:
How to describe family members in Spanish and say what they do
→ The easiest way to describe things and even family members in Spanish is by using the irregular
verb SER. Basically, SER can be used as ES for one person, e.g. “Mi papá es…” (My dad is…) and
SON for several relatives as in “Mis tíos son…” (My uncles are…). After the verb SER, we need to
place an adjective such as “trabajador” (hard-working) or “amable” (kind), or even job titles and
occupations like “Ingeniero” (Engineer). Moreover, you can use adverbs like “MUY” (very) to
make adjectives stronger.
Family relationships in Spanish and jobs
→ First, in order to talk about family relationships in Spanish, we will use possessive adjectives.
They are words like MI (my) and SU (your) that can be used as in “Mi mamá”(my mother). The
possessive adjective to use must agree in number and gender with the family member. For
instance, to talk about “my brother” I should say “Mi hermano”, but if I mean to say “my
brothers” then I should use MIS instead of MI as in “Mis hermanos”. As you can see, possessive
adjectives are really important to talk about relationships between family members in Spanish.
Present Simple
Verbs ending in –AR
-ar (examples: amar, asar, borrar, estudiar, hablar, jugar, saltar, tomar)
Subject
-AR verb endings
SALTAR (to jump)
AMAR (to love)
yo (I)
-o
salto (I jump)
amo (I love)
tú (you)
-as
saltas (you jump)
amas (you love)
él/ella (he / she)
-a
salta (he / she jumps)
ama (he / she loves)
nosotros/as (we)
-amos
saltamos (we jump)
amamos (we love)
vosotros/as (you all)
-áis
saltáis (you jump)
amáis (you love)
ellos / ellas (they)
-an
saltan (they jump)
aman (they love)
Verbs ending in –ER
-er (beber, comer, comprender, leer, temer, vender)
Subject
-AR verb endings
SALTAR (to jump)
AMAR (to love)
yo (I)
-o
salto (I jump)
amo (I love)
tú (you)
-as
saltas (you jump)
amas (you love)
él/ella (he / she)
-a
salta (he / she jumps)
ama (he / she loves)
nosotros/as (we)
-amos
saltamos (we jump)
amamos (we love)
vosotros/as (you all)
-áis
saltáis (you jump)
amáis (you love)
ellos / ellas (they)
-an
saltan (they jump)
aman (they love)
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