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Grammar Summary

Spanish 1 Unidad 4 Etapa 1

The Verb decir - to say, to tell

Decir is an irregular verb, with many spelling changes.  Note that decir que (que has no accent mark) means to say that (Digo que mi novia es más bonita - I say that my girlfriend is prettier.)

DECIR - to say, to tell  
I say = Digo We say = decimos
You (fam.) say = dices You (fam.pl.) say = decís
He, she, you (formal) say(s) = dice They, you (pl.) say = dicen

Using Prepositional Phrases to Express Location

When you talk about where things are located use prepositions.   Use de when the preposition is followed by a specific location.

cerca (de) near (to)
delante (de) in front (of)
a la derecha (de) to the right (0f)
detrás (de) behind
enfrente (de) facing, across (from)
entre between
a la izquierda (de) to the left (of)
al lado (de) beside, next to, to the side (of)
lejos (de) far (from)

Regular Affirmative tú Commands

To tell a person to do something, use an affirmative command.   Tú commands are used with family and friends (anyone you would speak to as "tú").  The regular affirmative tú command is the same as the él/ella form of the Present Indicative Tense:  ¡Habla!  You could also think of it as being the same as the tú form, but without the "s."

Walk! = ¡Camina!    Eat! = ¡Come!    Open! = ¡Abre!

If you use an affirmative command with a direct object pronoun, attach the pronoun to the end of the command:    ¡Abre la puerta  -->  ¡Abrela!

If needed, add an accent mark when you attach a pronoun in order retain the original stress.  (Remember that if not marked with an accent, a word that ends in a vowel or the consonants n or s is stressed on the next-to-last syllable.)  ¡Escribe!  ¡Escríbelo!