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Grammar Summary
Spanish-3 Unidad 6 Etapa 3
Comparatives and Superlatives
(Review)
| más + adjective or adverb +
que |
more...than |
| menos + adjective or adverb
+ que |
less...than |
| tan + adjective or adverb + como |
as...as |
| tanto(-a, -os, -as) + noun +
como |
as ...(much/many)... como |
| definite article + más +
adjective |
the most... |
| definite article + menos +
adjective |
the least... |
| adjective stem+ ísimo |
extremely... |
| mejor / el mejor |
better / the best |
| peor /el peor |
worst / the worst |
| mayor /el mayor |
older / the oldest |
| menor /el menor |
younger / the youngest |
Prepositions (Review)
You use prepositions to clarify locations and to show
relationships among people, places and things.
| a |
motion toward a place |
Vamos a la farmacia |
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how far away something is in space or time |
Vivo a tres millas de la escuela |
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a point in time |
Salgo a las ocho |
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units of measurement |
Viajábamos a 70 millas por hora |
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| en |
to express position or location |
Trabaja en este edificio |
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a period of time (as opposed to a specific point in time |
Vuelvo en una semana |
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| de |
possession |
Ese carro es de
Paco |
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to form compound nouns |
Usamos una hoja de cálculo |
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to mark a characteristic feature |
Es un niño de tres años |
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| con |
accompaniment |
Tomo café con leche y azúcar |
Verbs With Prepositions
Many verbs require the use of a certain preposition.
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acabar de |
to have just... |
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acordarse de |
to remember |
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dejar de |
to stop doing something |
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olvidarse de |
to forget |
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tener ganas de |
to feel like doing something |
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tratar de |
to try to do something |
| en |
insistir en |
to insist |
| que |
tener que |
to have to |
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hay que |
one must, you should |
When followed by an infinitive, many verbs require the preposition a before the infinitive. Some verbs do not.
Here is a rule that works in most situations:
| Does the first verb involve an ACTION? Use a before the
infinitive that comes after. |
Does the first verb happen only in the person's
mind (no action)? Don't use a. |
| bajar, entrar, ir, salir, subir, venir,
volver, aprender, ayudar, comenzar, empezar, enseñar, invitar, prepararse
AND SO ON Bajo a desayunar. I come
down to eat breakfast. |
preferir, querer, saber, desear, permitir,
intentar AND SO ON
Prefiero desayunar. I prefer to eat
breakfast. |
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