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1784 Nexos Ch 3
Nexos Chapter 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Campos de estudio | Fields of study |
| Los cursos básicos | Basic courses |
| la arquitectura | architecture |
| las ciencias políticas | political science |
| la economía | economy |
| la educación | education |
| la geografía | geography |
| la historia | history |
| la ingeniería | engineering |
| la psicología | psychology |
| los humanidades | humanities |
| la filosofía | philosophy |
| las lenguas / los idiomas | languages |
| la literatura | literature |
| el alemán | German |
| el chino | Chinese |
| en español | Spanish |
| el francés | French |
| el inglés | English |
| el japonés | Japanese |
| las matemáticas | mathematics |
| el cálculo | calculus |
| la computación | computer science |
| la estadística | statistics |
| la informática | computer science |
| las ciencias | sciences |
| la biología | biology |
| la física | physics |
| la medicina | medicine |
| la química | chemistry |
| la salud | health |
| los negocios | business |
| la administración de empresas | business administration |
| la contrabilidad | accounting |
| el mercadeo | marketing |
| la comunicación pública | public communications |
| el periodismo | journalism |
| la publicidad | public relations |
| en el estudio | in the studio |
| el arte | art |
| el baile | dance |
| el diseño gráfico | graphic design |
| la música | music |
| la pintura | painting |
| otros lugares en la universidad | other places in the university |
| ¿Dónde tienes la clase de...? | Where does your...class meet? |
| en el centro de computación | In the computer center |
| ...el centro de communicaciones | ...the media center |
| el gimnasio | ...the gymnasium |
| la cafetería | the cafeteria |
| la librería | the bookstore |
| la residencia esudiantil | the dorm |
| los días de la semana | the days of the week |
| lunes | Monday |
| martes | Tuesday |
| miércoles | Wednesday |
| jueves | Thursday |
| viernes | Friday |
| sábado | Saturday |
| domingo | Sunday |
| para pedir y dar la hora | to ask for and give the time |
| Mira el reloj para decir la hora... | look at the clock to tell the time... |
| ¿Qué hora es? | What time is it? |
| Es la una | It's one o'clock |
| Son las dos | It's two o'clock |
| Son las... y cuarto | it's...fifteen |
| Son las... y media | It's...thirty |
| Son las... menos cuarto | It's a quarter to... |
| Faltan quince para las... | It's a quarter to... |
| tarde | late |
| temprano | early |
| ¿A qué hora es la clase de español? | (at) what time is Spanish class? |
| Es a la / a las... | it's at... |
| Mañana | morning |
| Tarde | afternoon |
| Noche | evening |
| de la mañana | in the morning (with precise time) |
| de la tarde | in the afternoon (with precise time) |
| de la noche | in the evening (with precise time) |
| Es mediodía | It's noon |
| Es medianoche | It's midnight |
| por la mañana | during the morning |
| por la tarde | during the afternoon |
| por la noche | during the evening |
| Para hablar de la fecha | to talk about the date |
| ¿Qué día es hoy? | What day is today? |
| Hoy es martes treinta | Today is Tuesday the 30th |
| ¿A qué fecha estamos? | What is today's date? |
| Es el treinta de octubre | It's the 30th of October |
| Es el primero de noviembre | It's the first of November |
| ¿Cuándo es el Día de las Madres? | When is mother's day? |
| Es el doce de mayo | It's May 12th |
| el día | day |
| la semana | week |
| el fin de semana | weekend |
| el mes | month |
| el año | year |
| todos los días | every day |
| entresemana | during the week / on weekdays |
| ayer | yesterday |
| hoy | today |
| Para hacer preguntas | How to ask questions |
| ¿Cómo | How? |
| ¿Cuál (es)? | What? Which one(s)? |
| ¿Cuándo? | When? |
| ¿Cuánto (a)? | How much? |
| ¿Cuántos (as)? | How many? |
| ¿De quién es? | Whose is this? |
| ¿De quiénes son? | Whose are these? |
| ¿Dónde? | Where? |
| ¿Por qué? | Why? |
| ¿Qué? | What? Which? |
| ¿Quinén (es)? | Who? |
| abrir | to open |
| aprender | to learn |
| asistir a | to attend |
| beber | to drink |
| comer | to eat |
| compartir | to share |
| comprender | to understand |
| correr | to run |
| creer (en) | to believe (in) |
| deber | should, ought |
| dejar de | to stop (doing something) |
| describir | to describe |
| descubrir | to discover |
| escribir | to write |
| imprimir | to print |
| ir | to go |
| ir a | to be going to (doing something) |
| leer | to read |
| recibir | to receive |
| transmitir | to broadcast |
| vender | to sell |
| vivir | to live |
| Adjetivos posesivos | possessive adjectives |
| mi(s) | my |
| tu(s) | your (fam) |
| su(s) | your (sing. form., pl.) his, her, their |
| nuestro(a) / nuestros(as) | our |
| al (a+el) | to the |
| del (de+el) | from the, of the |
| porque | because |
| To say that something happens on a certain day, use the singular article with the day of the week | La fiesta va a ser el sábado |
| To say that something happens on the same day every week, use the plural article with the day of the week | Los sábados visito a mi madre. |
| Es la una | It's 1 |
| Son las dos | It's 2 |
| Son las cinco y cuarto / son las cinco y quince | It's 5 |
| Son las cinco y diez | It's 5 |
| Son las cinco y media | It's 5 |
| Son las cinco menos cuarto / Faltan quince para los cinco | It's 4 |
| ¿Qué hora es? / Es la una | What time is it? It's 1 |
| ¿A qué hora es la clase de español? / Es a la una | At what time is Spanish class? / It's at 1 |
| Son los ocho de la mañana | It's 8 |
| Son las tres de la tarde | It's 3 |
| Son las nueve de la noche | It's 9 |
| Es tarde | It's late |
| Es temprano | It's early |
| Use ¿Qué? to... | ask for a definition (what does "tardes" mean?, what is a radio?), ask for an explanation or further information (What are you studying this semester?), used before a noun (Which tires should I buy?) |
| Use ¿Cuál? to... | express a choice between specified items (which shirt do you like best - the red or the blue?), use when the next word is a form of ser but the question is not asking for a definition (What is your telephone number?) |
| Use ¿Dónde? to... | ask where something is (where is the library?) |
| Use ¿Adónde? to... | ask where someone is going. |
| ¿De quién es? & ¿De quiénes son? are used to... | ask about possession. You answer using de (¿De quién es la computadora? Whose computer is that? / Es de Miguel. It's Miguel's) |
| Questions using ¿por qué? can be answered using... | porque (because) - Why do you have to work? Because I need money! |
| In a typical question, the subject follows the... | verb |
| ¿Quién? and ¿cuál? change to reflect | number (quienes, cuales) |
| ¿Cuánto? changes to reflect both... | number and gender - ¿cuánto dinero tienes? How much money do you have ; ¿cuánta comida compramos? How much food should we buy? ; ¿Cuántos años tienes? How old are you? ; ¿Cuántas personas hay? How many people are there? |
| To ask "how much?" in a general way, use.. | cuánto |
| To make a question yes / no, add a ___ to the sentence | no - ¿No escribes emails hoy? Aren't you writing any emails today? |
| To make a question yes / no, you can add ___ or ___ to the end of the sentence | ¿verdad? (right?) or ¿no? (right?) |
| Er verb endings | o / es /e / emos / en |
| yo como | I eat |
| tú comes | you eat |
| ella come | she eats |
| nosotros comemos | we eat |
| ellos comen | they eat |
| Ir verb endings | o / es / e / imos / en |
| yo vivo | I live |
| tú vives | you lie |
| ella vive | she lives |
| nosotros vivimos | we live |
| ellos viven | they live |
| To indicate possession, use... | de before a noun or name (la computadora de miguel) |
| mi / mis | my |
| tu / tus | your |
| su / sus | your (form), his, her, its |
| nuestro / nuestra / nuestros / nuestras | our |
| su / sus | your (pl), their |
| Possessive adjectives change to reflect... | number |
| Possessive adjectives go ___ the noun they modify | before |
| yo voy | I go |
| tú vas | you go |
| ella va | she goes |
| nosotros vamos | we go |
| ellos van | they go |
| Use a + the verb ir to say... | where you are going |
| To say what you are going to do, use... | ir + a + infinitive (vas a comer - we are going to eat) |