• Shuffle
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Alphabetize
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Front First
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Both Sides
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Read
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
Reading...
Front

Card Range To Study

through

image

Play button

image

Play button

image

Progress

1/11

Click to flip

Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;

Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;

H to show hint;

A reads text to speech;

11 Cards in this Set

  • Front
  • Back
Definite Articles
el
los
la
las
1) To accompany abstract nouns and nouns that are used in a general way.
Las grasas no son buenas para la salud

Fats are not good for your health.
2) With days of the week, to mean on, except when telling which day of the week it is.
En casa, comemos sopa los lunes.

At home, we eat soup on Mondays.

Note:
Hoy es lunes.

Today is Monday.
3) With titles (señor, señora, señorita, profesor/a, etc.), when talking about the person. It is omitted when talking to the person.
El señor Ramírez usa hierbas para curar a sus pacientes.

Mr. Ramírez uses herbs to cure his patients.

Note:
Dígame, Sr. Ramírez, ¿qué debo tomar para mi dolor?

Tell me, Mr. Ramírez, what should I take for my pain?
4) Before the names of languages;

but, not after the preposition "en" and the verbs hablar, aprender, comprender, enseñar, escribir, leer, and saber
El español es muy popular aquí.

Spanish is very popular here.
5) With articles of clothing and parts of the body, in situations in which English uses the possessive adjective.
Me puse los guantes antes de salir.

-->I put my gloves on before going out.

Me duele la cabeza.

-->My head aches.
After the prepositions "a" and "de," the masculine singular article "el" becomes "al" and "del," respectfully.
a + el = al

de + el = del
Nosotros Commands
In order to say "let's (do something together)"

Rules:
1) Form the first person singular of the present indicative tense
2) Drop the -o
3) For -ar verbs --> -emos
for -er/-ir verbs --> -amos
If irregularities are present in the first person present indicative, those carry over
servir --> sirvio --> sirvamos

hacer --> hago --> hagamos
Object pronouns:

If a positive sentence, then they are added to the end of the verb

If it's a negative command, then they come before.
Pues, comprémoslas.
-->Then, let's buy them.

No se lo digamos.
-->Let's not tell it to her.
-car --> -que

-gar --> -gue

-zar --> -c
Practiquemos yoga.
--> Let's practice yoga.

Empecemos una dieta sana.
--> Let's start a healthy diet.