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7 Cards in this Set
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Por
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Duration of time
Cause, reason Exchange Imprecise location Indicates passing through or around |
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Para
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Destination
Recipient Purpose: in order to + verb, for + noun Deadline Comparison Employed by |
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The personal a
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when the direct object is a specific person or persons, or personalized object like a dear pet, the personal a is used before it
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Formal usted/ustedes commands
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you drop the "o" from the present indicative and replace it with the opposite.
-ar verbs would end in -e/en and vice versa. Irregulars: hacer, poner, salir, decir |
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Informal tu commands
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formed by just changing it to the third person indicative. However with the negative you use the first-person indicative and drop the "o" and replace it with "es" for -ar verbs and "as" for -er verbs.
Irregulars: di, haz, ve, pon, sal, s'e, ten, ven |
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the preterite
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1. to express action that took place a definite time
2. to express a completed action in the past 3. To express successive actions or events in the past 4. The beginning and/or end of an action are stated |
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the imperfect
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1. To express how life used to be
2. To express repeated or habitual actions 3. To express on going actions 4. To state time in the past 5. To express age in the past 6. To express to simultaneous actions in the past 7. To express the intention to do something in the past |