True or False: The personal a goes AFTER the interrogative word in a question?
False. The personal a always goes BEFORE.
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Explain the difference between a regular and an irregular verb and give me the 2 parts of any verb.
A regular verb follows very strict "regular verb" rules where only the ending changes and the stem remains the same. An irregular verb is any verb that doesn't follow those rules in any of it's conjugated forms.
And all verbs have 2 parts - a stem and an ending.
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Conjugate IR
What is voy vas va vamos van
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to hear
OIR
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She makes
Ella hace
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If the "personal a" precedes the definite article "el" what happens?
It becomes "al" in the sentence.
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What verb ending tends to have the most irregular verbs in its category?
ER verbs
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Conjugate QUERER
quiero quieres quiere queremos quieren
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PODER
to be able to
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We lose
nosotros perdemos
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True or False: When given a list of names or specific people in a sentence you do NOT need a personal a in front of each of the names, only the first one.
False. There is a personal a in front of each one.
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Give me 2 examples of the way a stem can change in a "stem changing boot" verb
e - ie
o - ue
u - ue
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Conjugate PODER
puedo puedes puede podemos pueden
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to return (someone)
devolver
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You all give
Ustedes dan
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When do I use the personal a?
When you are talking about a specific person or group of people.
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Explain the rule we apply when using 2 verbs back to back in a sentence and give me an example of 1 verb that is often used this way.
conjugate the first one - leave the second one in it's infinitive form
querer, poder, and deber
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Conjugate DECIR
digo dices dice decimos dicen
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PONER
to put; to place
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They return (something)
Ellos vuelven
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Which verbs do you NOT use the personal a with?
ser, hay, and tener
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When I want to describe a "future action" what is the rule to do so?
Conjugate this sentence.
I'm going to study.
ir (conjugated) + a + infinitive form of the 2nd verb
Voy a estudiar.