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17 Cards in this Set
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-what is a demonstrative adjective?
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-this, that, those, these, that (over there) and those (over there)
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- where is a demonstrative adjective's word position w/r to a noun?
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- always precedes a noun
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-what are the natural forms of the this and that? Used in this kind of sentence where gender is not established: What is that?
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-esto (this), eso and aqullo(that)
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-translate: Que
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-what
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-what is the difference the accent makes over first e in este and e in aquel ?
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-latter, former. What a difference an accent can make!
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- what is added to a regular verb to make it a present participle? (ie. eating, speaking)
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-ando to ar stem
-iendo to er and ir stems |
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-what verb and its conjugations forms the present participle of doing things(I am eating, I am sleeping etc.) This verb usually describes an action when speaking.
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-estar is used in front (ex. esta hablando)
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- what is: what, who &whom, whose, which & what?
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-que, quien and quienes, de quien, cual & cuales
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-beside que referring to 'what', what is others meaning and usages of the word?
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-can refer to people or things, subject or object (p. or s.). If preceded by a preposition, que refers only to things.
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-what is a preposition?
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-A preposition usually indicates the temporal, spatial or logical relationship of its object to the rest of the sentence as in the following examples:
The book is on the table. The book is beneath the table. The book is leaning against the table. The book is beside the table. She held the book over the table. She read the book during class. |
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-beside quien and quienes referring to (who, whom), what is others meaning and usages of the word?
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-refers only to people, subject or object and is used mainly after prepositions. Also used after parts of the verb "to be" and a noun or pronoun.
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-what are the literal translations of el/la/los/las que?
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- he/she/those, the one/ones who
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-what is the literal translation of:
el/la/los/las que? |
-he/she/those/the one or ones who
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- what is an antecedent?
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-the noun, pronoun, or frase to which these relative pronouns refer back to is called the antecedent. (ex. The man that you met in my uncle). The man is the antecedent.
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- what is a relative pronoun?
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- which, that, which, he/she, who, whom, whose, etc
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-when do you use the relative pronoun que?
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- since que is the shortest r.p., then is generally comes immediately after the antecedent where there is nothing between the two. (ex. La pluma que está en la mesa no es mía )
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-when do you use the relative pronoun quien or quienes?
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- only when the antecedent is referring to a person and there is a short distance between the antecedent and the r.p. (ex. María es la mujer con quien quería casarme)
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