EL PRESENTE
Responde con tres detalles:
¿Cómo eres?
Soy ........
¿Cuál es otra forma de decir VOY A COMER usando el tiempo futuro?
YO COMERÉ
What are the bodily motions used in Mr. Haise's class for preterit and imperfect tenses? What's the logic?
A) Imperfect: wiggly arms
- It was going on
-It happened (habitually)
- Description of past occurring
-Ex: The thunder was roaring
B) Preterit: clap hands
- It occurred
-It started and stopped
-Ex: The thunder roared
¿Qué significa HAY?
There is / there are
What tense is this?
El bebé era adorable.
Imperfect / descriptive past
¿Cómo se dice I'M GOING TO SCHOOL en dos maneras differentes?
Voy a la escuela (present indic.)
Estoy yendo a la escuela (present continuous)
¿Cuál es otra forma de decir MI PERRO VA A ESCAPAR DE MÍ usando el tiempo futuro?
Mi perro ESCAPARÁ de mí
How can the following two phrases be both synonymous yet quit distinct?
YO JUGABA FÚTBOL
YO ESTABA JUGANDO FÚTBOL
YO JUGABA FÚTBOL
1) I played soccer /I used to or would place soccer (habitually)
2) I was playing soccer
YO ESTABA JUGANDO FÚTBOL
1) I WAS PLAYING SOCCER
Había: There was/were (all along/description: there were people talking)
Hubo: There was/were (suddenly/ a change; ie people were talking then there was silence)
What tense is this?
Ellos no pudieron llamarme anoche.
Preterit
They didn't (could not manage to ) call me last night.
¿Cuál es algo malo que alguien ha hecho en la escuela?
Alguien ha + (participle)
(Ex: alguien ha roto el baño, alguien ha robado dinero del locker del gimnasio, etc.)
¿Cuáles son dos forms de decir I'LL DO IT! usando el tiempo futuro?
LO VOY A HACER / VOY A HACERLO
-or-
LO HARÉ
Preterit...
- SUDDENLY (something occurred)
YO _____ HECHO UN DESASTRE
HE
Theoretically, why are the conditional and future tenses so similar in Spanish?
The conditional tense is ALMOST the future tense, but something (a condition) is preventing it from happening.
I will go vs. I would go, but I have no money.
Yo iré v Yo iría, pero no tengo dinero.
What are 4 verbs that conjugate with an irregular YO form with "-go"
salir--> salgo
tener--> tengo
venir--> vengo
poner--> pongo
traer--> traigo
decir--> digo
hacer--> hago
¿Cómo se dice WILL YOU BE ABLE TO GO WITH ME TOMORROW?
¿VAS A PODER IR CONMIGO MAÑANA?
¿PODRÁS IR CONMIGO MAÑANA?
¿Cómo se dice?:
AS A KID, I DID NOT SAY BAD WORDS. ONE TIME, I SAID A BAD WORD TO MY TEACHER..
De niño, no decía palabrotas. Una vez, yo le dije una palabrota a la maestra.
¿Tú ______ probado sushi una vez?
has
What tense is this:
¿Te casarás conmigo?
Future
Will you marry me?
Explica, en español, por qué esta frase no se traduce bien al español en el tiempo presente?
I'M CALLING THE POLICE WHEN I GET HOME
Porque, aunque I'M CALLING suena al presente, esta frase es realmente una acción del futuro.
Because, even though I'M CALLING sounds like the present, this sentence is actually a future action.
What are 5 irregular verbs in the present tense. What is irregular about them?
poner---> pondr+
poder---> podr+
saber--> sabr+
decir --> dir+
venir--> vendr+
hacer--> har+
Often times, SER and ESTAR can be ver challenging in the past tenses. Not only do you have to decide which form of TO BE to use, but also whether it is PRETERIT or IMPERFECT.
Explain the difference between the two sentences:
A) A tree carving: CHARLIE ESTUVO AQUÍ
B) An excuse: CHARLIE ESTABA OCUPADO
A) ESTUVO : was and it's implied that he no longer is there; he carved it in the tree and left; action definitely ended and that point is important
B) ESTABA: a description in the past; the time frame is not important; whenever his "busyness" stopped is not relevant
Change this sentence from the preterit to the present perfect:
Fuimos a Disneyland en autobus.
Hemos ido a Disneyland en autobús.
What tense is this?
Es lo que dijo ella.
Preterit
That's what she said.