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Spanish Grammar
Se, Past Subjunctive, and Indirect Object Pronouns
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Hacerse | + adjective or noun describes a change where a personal effort is involved |
| Ponerse | + adjective describes a sudden physical or mental change |
| Volverse | + adjective can describe a more gradual change |
| Convertirse en | + noun expresses to change into or to turn into |
| Quedarse | + adjective in some idiomatic expressions and with certain adjectives such as ciego(a), sordo(a), and calvo(a) to express to be left, to wind up a certain way |
| Llegar a ser | + adjective or noun to express to become or to get to be after a series of events or after a long time |
| indirect object pronoun | used with some verbs to indicate to whom or for whom an action occurs |
| verbs often used with indirect object pronouns | molestar, resultar, caber, poner, ser, costar |
| verb must agree with | the subject |
| If the subject is an infinitive, the verb must be in the ... | third person singular |
| se rule 1 | It is used with verbs that are used reflexively (acción reflexiva). |
| se rule 2 | It can indicate unintentional events (acto no intencional). |
| se rule 3 | It replaces le or les before the direct object pronouns lo, los, la, and las. |
| se rule 4 | It is used in impersonal sentences (acción impersonal). |
| se rule 5 | It is used to express the passive voice (acción pasiva). |
| se rule 6 | It is used with certain “process” verbs to show a change in status or in physical or emotional state (un cambio). |
| conditional | used to tell what would happen or what someone would do in a given set of circumstances, to express the probability that something happened in the past, and to say what someone would or would not like |
| The regular conditional endings added to the infinitive form of -ar, -er, and -ir verbs | yo- ía nosotros(as)- íamos tú- ías vosotros(as)- íais Ud., él, ella- ía Uds., ellos, ellas- ían |
| The conditional used with the preterite of decir | expresses what someone said he or she would do |
| past subjunctive formation | formed by removing the -on from the third person plural form of the preterite and adding the following endings |
| an accent is added to the ________ form of the verb | nosotros |
| Any irregularities in the third person plural preterite | reflected in the past subjunctive forms |
| The regular past subjunctive endings added to the infinitive form of -ar, -er, and -ir verbs | yo- a nosotros(as)- amos tú- as vosotros(as)- ais Ud., él, ella- a Uds., ellos, ellas- an |
| past subjunctive | used after si (if) in hypothetical sentences (oraciones hipotéticas) that are contrary to fact or unlikely to happen and the conditional is used in the other clause |
| When the verb in the main clause of a sentence requiring the subjunctive is in a past tense... | the past subjunctive is used in the subordinate clause |