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Spanish Grammar
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Imperfect Subjunctive in Noun Clauses | 1. Take third person plural form of the preterite 2. Drop the -on 3. Add -a, -as, -a, -amos, -ais, -an Use for advice, suggestion or request, opinion, doubt or denial, or emotion. |
| Informal (tu) Command - Positive, Singular | Third person singular Irregulars: Decir - di Hacer - haz Ir - ve Poner - pon, Salir- sal Ser - se (accent) Tener - ten Venir - ven |
| Informal (tu) Command - Negative, Singular | Present Subjunctive Form: Yo form, drop "o", add opposite ending tu form |
| Informal (Vosotros) Command - Positive, Plural | Change the final "r" of the infinitive to "d" |
| Informal (Vosotros) Command - Negative, Plural | Same as present subjunctive "vosotros" form |
| Formal (Ud) Command - Positive + Negative, Singular | Present Subjunctive form, third person singular |
| Formal (Nosotros) Command - Addressee is a group of people including the speaker | Present Subjunctive, nosotros form |
| Formal (Uds) Commands - Positive + Negative, Plural | Present Subjunctive, third personal plural |
| Future Tense | Infinitive of verb + -e, -as, -a, -emos, -eis, - an (accents on all except -emos) Irregulars - Haber - habr, Poder - podr, Querer - querr, Saber - sabr, Poner - pondr, Salir - saldr, Tener - tendr, Valer - valdr, Venir - vendr, Decir - dir, har |
| Conditional Tense | Infinitive of verb + -ia, -ias, -ia, -iamos, -iais, - ian (accent on all of the "i"'s)Irregulars same as Future |
| Conditional Tenses and Past Subjunctive in Conditional Sentences | If I were an explorer (but I'm not, so therefore Imperfect Subjunctive) I wouldn't colonize (Hypothetical, so conditional) other lands. |
| Present Perfect Tense | Correct form of Haber - he, has, ha, hemos, habeis, han. Then for -ar verbs, -ado. For -er verbs, -ido. |
| Irregular Verbs for Present Perfect | Abrir - abierto. Romper - roto. Morir - muerto. Escribir - escrito. Volver - vuelto. Resolver - resuelto. Hacer - hecho. Decir - dicho. Ver - visto. Poner - puesto. Freir - frito. |
| Uses of Present Perfect | The present perfect is a past tense used when the speaker perceives the action with results bearing upon the present time. "Spain and Portugal have received a lot of financial help"Also interchangeable with the preterite tense. |
| Por | Place of transit, duration, because of/in exchange for. |
| Para | Place of destination, goal or recipient or beneficiary. |
| De | Characteristic or condition, time and time span, authorship |
| A | Time expressed in reference to clock hours, after verbs of motion, in the construction al + infinitive |
| En | Location (at), location (en), time in the past or in the future expressed in quantity. |