Present Progressive Tense, Comparisons & Demonstrative

Adjectives

Present Progressive Tense

The present progressive tense is how you will say the "ing" sound in English and describe what you are doing right now: I am walking, he is sitting and they are spitting.

To communicate this way you need 2 things:

1) a conjugated form of estar

2) a verb with -ando (-ar ending verbs) or -iendo (-er & -ir ending verbs at the end

Check this out noticing the numbers from above:

Yo (1) estoy (2) comiendo. I am eating

El (1) está (2) cantando. He is singing.

This is different from yo como = I eat and él canta = he sings

-ar verbs: nadar = nadando = swimming

jugar = jugando = playing

-er verbs: comer = comiendo = eating

-ir verbs: vivir = viviendo = living

1) a conjugated form of estar

Estar = to be for locations and temporary conditions

Conjugations:

Yo estoy

Tú estás

Èl/ella/usted está

Nosotros estamos

vocotros estáis

Ellos/ellas están

Comparaciones de igualdad (equality)

Use these ridiculous comparisons to help you understand comparisons in Spanish for Writing 2A

Tan/tanto/a/os/as = as or, as many Como= as much/as many

Ejemplos:

La iguana es tan

gigantesca como el gato.

El oso es tan guapo como el gallo.

Tu mariposa es tan inteligente como mi burro.

***Remember, if you use an adjective it must agree with the first object of comparison in the sentence in gender and number. See bold print.

Mi comida es tan deliciosa como la comida del restaurante.

Tu perro es tan divertido como mi gato.

This video will help too: http://www.screenr.com/gDo8

http://www.screenr.com/gDo8

Comparaciones de desigualdad (inequality)

Comparaciones de desigualdad (inequality)

Que= that peor= worse mejor= better más = more

Ejemplos:

Este pájaro es

menos alto que el papagallo.

El pez

es más inteligente que su jirafa.

***Remember, if you use an adjective it must agree with the first object of comparison in the sentence in gender and number. See bold print.

Mi comida es más deliciosa que la comida del restaurante.

Tu perro es menos divertido que mi gato.

This video will help too: http://www.screenr.com/gDo8

Demonstrative Adjectives ~ This & These

Close To You/Speaker ~ You Can Touch It

este (this masculine) = this

esta (this feminine) = this

estos (these) = these

estas (these feminine) = these

Examples:

Me gusta esta serpiente. (Snake is feminine so it must be esta.)

Me gustan estas serpientes. (Snakes are feminine and plural so it must be estas.)

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/wild/episodes/snake-underworld/

2) a verb with -ando (-ar ending verbs) or -iendo (-er & -ir ending)

-ar verbs: nadar = nadando = swimming

jugar = jugando = playing

-er verbs: comer = comiendo = eating

-ir verbs: vivir = viviendo = living

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Demonstrative Adjectives ~ That & Those

Farther From You/Speaker ~ Over There

ese (that masculine) = that

esa (that feminine) = that

esos (thosemasculine) = those

esas (those feminine) = those

Les gustan esas vacas.

Me gusta esa vaca.

http://dealbreaker.com/2011/09/could-moodys-saying-bofa-is-not-too-big-to-fail-make-bofa-not-too-big-to-fail/cows-curious/

Demonstrative Adjectives ~ That & Those (Over Yonder)

Farthest From You/Speaker ~ WAY Over There

aquel (that masculine) = that

aquella (that feminine) = that

aquellas (those feminine) = those

aquellos (those masculine) = those

Yo prefiero aquella vaca.

Aquella vaca

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cows_and_calf.JPG

Demonstrative Adjectives ~ That & Those (Over Yonder)

Farthest From You/Speaker ~ WAY Over There

aquel (that masculine) = that

aquella (that feminine) = that

aquellas (those feminine) = those

aquellos (those masculine) = those

Yo prefiero aquella vaca.

Aquella vaca

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cows_and_calf.JPG