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To refer to a masculine singular noun, use the article el. Cierto o falso?

The infinitive form of an English verb is made up of two words, to + the verb.How many words do you need to write the infinitive form in Spanish?

Which of these forms is an infinitive in Spanish, soy, eres, or ser?

In Spanish, days of the week and nationalities are writtenwith an initial capital letter. Cierto o falso?

You use ellasto speak of your sisters and ellosto speak of your brothers.Which one do you use to speak of your sisters and brothers?


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Cierto. The definite article elis used for masculine singular nouns.

Just one, because in Spanish the infinitive form is the verbending in -ar, -er, or -ir.

Ser, to be, is the correct answer. (Soymeans I am anderesmeans you are.)

Falso. In contrast to English capitalization style, Spanish uses lower case lettersto refer to days of the week and nationalities.

Ellos, they. Use the masculine form to represent mixed gender groups.


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Should I say Es la unaor Son la unato indicate its one oclock?

If I say viven en Per, what is the subject of the sentence?

Should I ask for una cervezaor un cerveza?

The waiter approached the table and said Qu quieren tomar?Were youalone?

Una tortilla para m y una hamburguesa para mi amigo. Which one are youhaving?

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Es la una. One is singular. (Sonis used for numbers greater than one.)

Ellosor Ellasis the understood subject, since vivenis the 3rd person plural ofvivir, to live.

Una cerveza, because beer is a feminine noun.

No. Quierenis plural and implies that there were other people at the table.The waiter was asking you and the others at your table: What do you wantto eat?

Una tortilla. Para mmeans that you want the tortillafor yourself! You ordereda hamburger for your friend.

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Does En qu puedo servirle? mean How may I help you? orCan I serve you?

El helado, 40 pesos; el limn 10 pesos y el caf con leche 50. Whats the totalcost of these items?

I introduce someone by saying: sta es mi Is the person a woman or aman?

Trabajo en la universidad.Are you talking about your brother or yourself?

Your boss asks Habla usted idiomas?He wants to know 1. if you speak in tongues.2. if you speak other languages.3. if you speak at all.

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How may I help you?

Cien pesos; the total cost for the ice cream, lemon, and coffee with milk is 100pesos.

A woman. (To introduce a man you would say ste.)

Yourself, because the -oof trabajoindicates that the subject is I.

2. If you speak other languages.

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Our jobs are better than your jobs.

Estoy aqu, I am here. Use estarto indicate positionand place. (Soy de aqu, I am from here, is usedto indicate ones place of origin.)

An adult. Thats why the man is answering you witha formal command: Turn right.

A man. Although artista, artist, does not change its ending, the indefinitearticle untells us were speaking about a man. (Una artistawould refer to awoman.)

Los sbados, to indicate it runs every Saturday, not just this one.

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Im at the Museo Nacional de Artein Mexico City andam looking for paintings by Jos Mara Velasco.Tell me to go to the second door on the left.

500 en espaolis 1. cincocientos.2. cinco cien.3. quinientos.

Los quiero en blanco. What do you want in white, a pair of pants or a shirt?

Fill in the blank. Quiero este1. suter.2. camisa.3. blusa.

Lo tengo en blanco y en rojo. Is it unbolsoor una gorra?

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Vaya a la segunda puerta a la izquierda.

3. Quinientos. (Although 200, 300, 400, 600, and 800 are formed by com-bining the first number + cientos, 500, 700, and 900 dont follow this rule.)

Well, since its los, you must be talking about pantalones, pants, and not thecamisa, shirt.

1. Quiero este suter.I want this sweater. Esterequiresa masculine singular noun.(For camisa, shirt, and blusa, blouse, youd use esta.)

Un bolso, a purse. (If it were a baseball hat, as inuna gorra, youd say: La tengo en blanco y en rojo, I haveit in red and white.)

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Fill in the missing verb.Tengo que para el examen.1. estudiar2. estudio3. estudiando

You would like to go to the movies. Quiero al cine.1. ir2. voy3. ser

The bus from San Sebastin leaves at 20:45. Is this ?1. 10:45 pm2. 2:45 pm3. 8:45 pm

So youre studying Spanish right now. How would you express thaten espaol?1. Estoy estudiando espaol.2. Estoy estudio espaol.3. Estoy estudiante espaol.

Youre a world traveler! Some acquaintances ask where youre living rightnow. Tell them youre living in Spain.

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1. Estudiar. Tengo que, have to, is always followed by an infinitive. If youhave to study for the exam, you better get to work!

1. Ir. When combining two verbs, the 2nd one must be an infinitive. (Thatswhy you wouldnt use voy, I go. Sermeans to be, so its incorrect.)

3. 8:45 pm. The 24-hour clock is used in Spain.

1. Estoy estudiando espaol.Since estudiarends in -aryou must change theending to -ando.

Estoy viviendo en Espaa.You must add -iendoto the stem of vivir, since this isthe ending used for verbs that end in -eror -ir.

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How would you pronounce Son las siete: son-las-sie-teor son-la-sie-te?

Carlos is staying in Havana until Sunday. Carlos queda en La Habanahasta el domingo.1. me2. nos3. se

You want to eat Mexican food. Say this en espaol.

You and your friend just finished a nice meal. You said to the waiter: Trigamela cuenta, por favor.Who will be handed the check, you or your friend?

You want to order gazpacho. How do you pronounce the z?1. like the z in zoo2. like the x in extra3. like the s in soup or the th in thin

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Son-la-sie-te, Its 7 oclock. In spoken Spanish, when the last letter of a wordis the same as the first letter of the next word, theyre pronounced as a singlesound.

3. Se, the reflexive pronoun used for the 3rd person singular and plural.(Meis used for the 1st person singular,yo, and nos, for the 1st person plural,nosotros.)

Quiero comer comida mexicana.

The check will be given to you. Trigamemeans bring me. (If you wanted thebill to be handed to your friend, youd say: Trigale, bring him .)

3. Like the s in soup, if you want to use Latin American pronunciation, or likethe th in thin, if youd rather go for the Castilian sound (used mostly in Spain).

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Its lunch time and the food is getting cold. En espaol, tell everyone to eat,now!

If megoes with me, tegoes with

You like to save money to travel around the world. Should you say:Me gusto ahorraror Me gusta ahorrar?

Mi hermano hace fotos, mis padres hacen fotos y yo tambin fotos.

Tuveis to teneras hiceis to

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Coman! To give a formal ustedescommand, start with theyoform of thepresent tense (como), drop the o(com-), and add -anfor -erverbs, as incomer, to eat.

You. Theyre both indirect object pronouns, mefor me and tefor you.

Me gusta ahorrar, I like to save. (Since the sentence literally means:It pleases me to save, gustarmust be in the 3rd person singular.)

Yo tambin hago fotos, I also take pictures, just like my brother and myparents.

Hacer. Both of them are clearly irregular. Tuve, I had, is the irregular past oftener, to have, and hice, I did is the irregular past of hacer, to do.

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Fill in the missing verb. Yo fui a Ecuador, mi hermana fue a Venezuela y mispadres a Mxico.

Today there is fog. Hoy hay niebla.Tell me that tomorrow therell befog as well.

Youd like to buy some zanahorias, carrots. How do you pronounce the hin zanahorias, like the h in honey or like the h in hour?

How do you spell the Spanish word for water?1. acua2. agua3. aqua

Fill in the missing preposition. Estoy vacaciones.1. de2. en3. a

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Fueron, they went. Use the 3rd person plural: I went to Ecuador, my sisterwent to Venezuela, and my parents went to Mexico.

Maana habr niebla tambin.

Like the h in the English word hour. The Spanish h is always silent, so youdpronounce zanahorias, sah-nah-o-ree-yahs.

2.Agua. (The other two spellings are not Spanish.)

1. Estoy de vacaciones, I am on vacation. Remember that in Spanish theword vacation is always vacaciones. Vacacinhas no meaning in Spanish.

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Youre going to a movie with your friends. Vamos a una pelcula.1. ver2. mirar3. observar

What tense do we use to talk about the time in the past?1. pluperfect2. imperfect3. preterite

Which is correct? Many years ago,yo trabajabaor trabajin a restaurantevery evening.

Yo jugaba mientras ella pintaba. Did the actions occur at the same time orone after another?

Oh my God! Do you express this en espaolby sayingDios moor Mi Dios?

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1. Ver, to watch. (Mirarmeans to look [at something] and observar,to observe.)

2. The imperfect, as in Eran las cuatro, It was four oclock, or Era medioda,It was noon.

Since you worked at that restaurant every evening, you should sayyo trabajaba. The imperfect is used to speak about things we used to dorepeatedly in the past.

At the same time, because mientrasindicates that I played while she painted.

Dios mo, my God, is correct for this expression of surprise. Mi, my, be-comes mo, mine, when it is placed after the noun it refers to, as in this case.

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Romperse la cabezais a Spanish idiom meaning 1. to break your head off.2. your brain stopped working.3. to rack ones brain.

Should you use the feminine laor the masculine elto speak of your mano?

Me torc la mueca tocando el piano. Did I twist my wrist before, after, orwhile I was playing the piano?

When conjugating doler, to hurt, what happens to the oin the stem?

Is the jsound in the Spanish word trabajarsimilar to the j in June orto the h in house?

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3. To rack ones brain.

Although most Spanish words that end with oare masculine, mano, hand, isan exception to this rule and takes the feminine article, la.

The h in the English word house, although in Spanish the sound is a bitharsher and stronger than in the English counterpart.

While I was playing the piano. Tocandocan be used to mean while or bydoing something.

It changes to -ue, as in duele, it hurts.


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So youre in love Ests enamorado/aor Eres enamorado/a?

Why do we place a written accent over the oin Cmo?1. To refer to comer, to eat.2. To indicate its a question word.3. To indicate its past tense.

Cientois one hundred. Cierto o falso?

I want to pay for a refrescoand a tortilla. Do I ask Cunto es?orCunto son?

If you want vanilla ice cream, should you ask for vainilla de heladoorhelado de vainilla?

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Ideally you would say Eres enamorado/a, since using serindicates anunchanging state. In reality, love is often temporary, so use estar, as inests enamorado/a.

2. To indicate its a question word. (Most question words have an alternatemeaning when they are used without an accent.)

Falso. Use ciento say 100 and cientoto say numbers over 100, e.g.,cienrefrescos, 100 sodas, but ciento una cervezas, 101 beers.

Cunto es?How much is it? You want the total, so it doesnt matter howmany items you ordered.

Helado de vainilla. In Spanish the adjective goes after the noun, as in tarta defresa, strawberry cake, or tortilla de patatas, potato omelet.


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Its your first day as a waiter and theres an elderly lady ready to order.Should you ask her: Quiere tomar algo?or Quieres tomar algo?

Say Im 20 years old en espaol.

In Spanish, to refer to my mothers father I can saymi abueloor

Cmo se dicethe informal you work en espaol?

If you ask Cundo trabajis?would you be speaking to friends or customers?

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Quiere tomar algo?Would you like something to drink? If by mistake yousay quieresyou can explain that you addressed her informally because shelooked so young!

El padre de mi madre; use deto express possession or relationship. This is acommon way to refer to your grandfather when youre no longer a child.

Tengo veinte aos.

T trabajas. The ending for the second person singular of -arverbs is -as.

You would be speaking to friends, since your question When do you guyswork? is informal and uses the vosotrosform, which is used only in Spain.


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The infinitive form of Spanish verbs ends in -ar, -er, or -ir. Cierto o falso?

Tome la primera calle a mano izquierdameans you must 1. use your left hand to wave.2. make a left on the 1st street.3. point to the 1st street on the left.

The show is at five oclock. Should I say a las cincoor las cinco?

She said: Siga por aqu. Should you continue this way or turn around?

When does the museum open, a las nueve por la maanaor a las nueve dela maana?

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Cierto.

2. Make a left on the 1st street.

A las cinco.A+ the hour is used to indicate at what time somethingtakes place.

Continue. Shes telling you to follow this way!

A las nueve de la maana, at nine in the morning. The preposition deisused when a specific time is given. (Porwould be used when a specific time isnot noted.)


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The cost of all the food you bought today is 335 pesos. Is thattrescientos y treinta cincoor trescientos treinta y cinco?

Fill in the blank. Cuntos quiere?1. huevos2. merluza3. pan

Le gusta el verde.How many people prefer the green one?

Fill in the blank. Quiero una camisa 1. blanco.2. blancas.3. roja.

To pronounce ropa in Spanish, should you roll theror use the softer rsound?

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Trescientos treinta y cinco.Theygoes between the tens and the units.

1. Thatll be huevos, since cuntosimplies plural and masculine. (Merluza,halibut is feminine, and pan, bread, is singular, so you would use cunto.)

1 person. Lerefers to the 3rd person singular.

3. Quiero una camisa roja.I want a red shirt. Roja agrees in gender andnumber with camisa. (Blancas, white, is plural; blanco, white,is masculine.)

You should roll the rbecause when it appears at the beginning of a word, thissound is always rolled and strong.


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Fill in the missing preposition.Voy a viajar autobs.1. en2. por

3. con

El Talgo es ms rpido que el tranva. Cierto o falso?

The tank is full. Es lleno o est lleno?

Would you say estoy dormiendoor estoy durmiendoto indicate youresleeping?

En espaol, to indicate that you sleep soundly, you would say 1. Duermo como un tronco.2. Duermo como un beb.3. Duermo como un perro.

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1. Duermo como un tronco,I sleep like a log, is a common Spanish idiom equivalent to the EnglishI sleep like a baby.

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1. Voy a viajar en autobs.Im going to travel by bus. (Literally, bysuggests porbut enindicates the mode of transportation: en coche, by car;en tren, by train.)

Cierto. El Talgo, a well-known Spanish train, is much faster than the tranva,local trolley.

Est lleno.Use estarbecause this is not a permanent condition and sooner orlater the tank will be vaco, empty, and youll have to fill up again!

Estoy durmiendo.You must change the oof dormir, to sleep, to u.


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Should you say Me levantoor Se levantato indicate when you get up?

Jos says to Mara: Te alquilo este apartamento.Who will live inthe apartment, Jos or Mara?

You dont like any of those dishes on the menu. Should you sayNo me gusta ningunoor Me gusta ninguno?

Which is correct: Puede traernos la carta?orNos puede traer la carta?

How do you invite a friend to your house for a nice meal?Quiero ... a comer en mi casa.1. invito2. invitarte3. invitar

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Me levanto, since meis used to refer to yourself.

No me gusta ninguno.You must place nobefore the verb, since Spanish,unlike English, requires the double negative.

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Mara will live in the apartment. Jos said: I rent the apartment to you.

Both are correct. They ask the same question: Can you bring us the menu?You may place the object pronoun before the first verb or attached to thesecond one.

2. Invitarte. When two verbs are together, conjugate the 1st and leave the 2ndas an infinitive. Dont forget to add -teto the infinitive to indicate whom youreinviting.


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Some locals from Madrid just complimented you and your friends:You speak Spanish well! What was that, en espaol?

Enrique goes from one spot to the next during his travels. Enrique contina 1. a viajar.2. viajar.3. viajando.

You visited Costa Rica and, of course, went by plane.Fui a Costa Rica avin.1. en2. por3. de

Does hablmean I speak or he spoke?

Want to know the destination of the person next to you on the plane? Ask 1. Por dnde viaja?2. Desde dnde viaja?3. Adnde viaja?

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Vosotros hablis bien espaol.Spain is the only country that uses vosotrosto indicate you (plural) in an informal way.

3. To indicate that Enrique continues traveling during his vacation, you saycontina viajando, since continuarmust be followed by the gerund, not theinfinitive.

2. Fui a Costa Rica en avin.When speaking of modes of transportation,by is translated as en.

He spoke. In the 1st person present tense hablowould not carry anaccent over the o.

3. Adnde viaja?, Where are you heading? (Desde dnde viaja?, meansWhere did you begin your trip?, and Por dnde viaja?, What route didyou choose for your trip?)


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Whats the correct form of darin the preterite, disteor daste?

Its snowing. Est nevandoor nievando?

A futbolistacan be either male or female. Cierto o falso?

Which of these is another way of saying Iremos maana?1. Nos vamos maana.2. Vamos a ir maana.3. Se van maana.

In the conjugation of the future tense, one ending doesnt carry an accent.Which one?

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Nevando. The gerund nevandois formed from the stem of the infinitive nevar.(The eof nevarbecomes ieonly when conjugated for the 3rd person singular.)

2. Vamos a ir maana, Well go tomorrow. Use ir + a for the future.(Nos vamos maanais We leave tomorrow, and Se van maana, Theyleave tomorrow.)

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Diste, you gave. Daris irregular, so it has an -erpreterite; dont forget it!

Cierto.A futbolistacan be a male or a female soccer player.


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Which Spanish verbs are irregular in the imperfect tense?

You want to learn about vallenatomusic. Should you pronounce the v ofvallenatoas the b in boy or as the v in van?

While telling a story about your vacation, you want to describe the place.Should you say Era un lugar maravillosoor Fue un lugar maravilloso?

What form of the verb always follows the word deberas, the infinitive orthe gerund?

En espaol, to explain that you washed your hands, should you sayMe lav las manosor Me lav mis manos?

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Ser, to be; ir, to go; and ver, to see.

As the b in boy, since in Spanish v is pronounced b.

Era un lugar maravilloso.It was a wonderful place. Use the imperfect todescribe the background or setting. (The 2nd option implies the place nolonger exists!)

The infinitive, which you must place after deberas, you should, when givingadvice.

Me lav las manos, since in Spanish we use the definite article, and not thepossessive, to speak about parts of the body.

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