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Spanish-1
Grammer Terms in English
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Adjective | A word that describes a noun or pronoun |
| Demonstrative (adjective) | an adjective that points out a particular noun |
| Interrogative (adjective) | adjective used to form questions |
| possessive adjective(unstressed) | an adjective that indicates possession or a special relationship |
| posessive adjective(stressed) | an adjective that more emphatically describes posession |
| adverb | a word that descrives an adjective,a verb, or another adverb |
| article | a determiner that sets off a noun |
| definate (article) | an article that indicates a specific noun |
| indefinate (article) | an article that indicates an unspecified noun |
| Clause | a construction that contains a subject and a verb |
| Main ( independent) clause | a clause that can stand on its own because it expresses a complete thought |
| subordinate (dependent) clause | a clause that cannot stand on its own because it does not express a complete thought |
| comparative | the form of adjectives and adverbs used to compare two nouns or actions |
| conjugation | the different forms of a verb for a particular tense or mood |
| conjunction | an expression that connents words, phrases, or clauses |
| direct object | the noun or pronoun that receives the action of a verb |
| gender | a grammatical category of words. in spanish there are two genders_ masculine and feminine |
| imperative mood | mood:a verb expressing a command |
| imperfect(imperfecto) | in spanish a verb tense that expesses a past action with no specific beginning or ending |
| impersonal construction | one that contains a third-person singular verb but no specific subject is spanish. |
| indicative mood | a verb form denoting actions or states considered facts |
| indirect object | the noun or pronoun that indicates for whom or to whom an action is perform. |
| infinitive | the form of a verb introduced in english by to: to play, to sell, to come. |
| mood | a set of categories for verbs indicating the attitude of the speaker towards what he or she is saying |
| subjunctive (mood) | a verb form, uncommon in english, used primarily in subordinate clauses after expressions desire, doubt, or emotion. |
| noun | a word that denotes a person, place, things or idea. proper nouns are capitalized names. |
| number | Cardinal number- a number that expresses an amountordinal number- a number that indicates position in a series. |
| past participle | the form of a VERB use in compound tenses. used with forms of to have or to be in english and with ser,estar, or haber in spanish |
| perfect tenses | compound tenses that combine the auxiliary verb haber with a past participle. |
| Present perfect (indicative) | the form uses a persent indicative form of haber. the use of the spanish present perfect generally parallels that of the english present perfect. |
| Past perfect (indicative) | this form uses haber in the imperfect tense to talk about something that had or had not been done before a given time in the past. |
| past perfect subjective | this form uses the present subjunctive of haber to express a persent perfect action when the subjunctive is required |
| person | the form os a pronoun or verb that indicates the person involved in an action |
| preposition | a word of phrase that specifies the relationship of one word(usually a noun or pronoun) to another. The relationship is usually spatial or temporal. |
| perterite(preterito) | in spanish, a VERB tense that expresses a past action with a specific beginning and ending. |
| pronoun | a word that refers to a person ( I,you) or that is used in place of one or more nouns |
| demonstrative- pronoun | a pronoun that singles out a particular person or thing |
| interrogative -pronoun | a pronoun used to ask a question |
| object -pronoun | a pronoun that replaces a direct object noun or an indirect object noun. both direct and indirect object pronouns can be used together in the same sentence. However, when the pronoun le is used with lo or la, it changes to se. |
| reflexive -pronoun | a pronoun that represents the same person as the subject of the verb |
| relative- pronoun | a pronoun that introduces a dependent clause and denotes a noun already mentioned |
| subject- pronoun | a pronoun representing the person or thing performing the action of a verb. |
| subject | the words denoting the person,place, or thing performing an action or existin in a state. |
| superlative | the form of adjectives or adverbs used to compare three or more nouns or actions. in english, the superlative is marker by most, least or -est. |
| tense | the form of a verb indicating time: present, past, and future |
| verb | a word that reports an action or state |
| auxiliary verb | a verb in conjunction with a participle to convey distinctions of tense and mood.in spanish, this auxiliary verb is haber. |
| reflexive verb | a verb whose subject and object are the same. |
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