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18 Cards in this Set
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Cognate
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A word that sounds the same in English and Spanish. EX: Televisión, Grupo, archivo, telefino, repita.
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Word Order
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In Spanish, TYPICALLY, the adjective comes after the noun. EX: house white. NOT white house.
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Gender
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In Spanish, Nouns are classified as either masculine or feminine. EX: el libro, la mesa
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Number
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In Spanish, nouns, adjectives, and person are either singular or plural. EX: Nouns- el libro, los libros. Adjectives- la mesa roja, las mesas rojas.
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Agreement
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In Spanish nouns and adjectives must agree in gender and number. EX: Nouns- M.S. el libro rojo. M.PL. los libros rojas.
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Indefinite Article
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Indefinite articles go with nouns. They are vague= a, an, some. They have gender and number. EX: un libro= a book
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Definite article
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They are specific. They mean "the". They have gender and number. EX: el libro= the book. Los libros= The books.
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Nombres/ Sustantivos
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A noun in spanish is called a nombres, or sustantivos. EX: nombre- Joshue. Pro nombre- La vaca= cow
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Adjectivos
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A word that modifies a noun, has to agree with number and gender. EX: Mi actividades favorita.
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Adverbios
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Modifies a verb, and usually ends in mente. EX: Quickly- Rápidamente
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Verbo
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Word that shows action. Ends in ar ir er. EX: to swim= nadar. To run- correr
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Tense
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When an action occurs. EX: Mirar- i wached. Preterito- Miré. Imperfect- Miraba
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Infinitive
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The verb in its unchanged or pure state. Infinitives in English start in to. In spanish they end in ar er ir. EX: is= To be.
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To conjugate
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Changing the verb, to show who is doing the action, and how many people.
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Person
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Who is doing the action.
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Peer editing
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Check and correct your friends work. EX: 2 heads are better than one.
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Los interogativos
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Words we use to ask question in Spanish. EX: Dónde= where.
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Gerund
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A gerund is the "ING" form of the verb. EX: to eat- comer- comiendo
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