1st
Primero
40th
Cuadragésimo
2nd
Segundo
50th
Quincuagésimo
3rd
Tercero
60th
Sexagésimo
4th
Cuarto
70th
Septuagésimo
5th
Quinto
80th
Octogésimo
6th
Sexto
90th
Nonagésimo
7th
Séptimo (Sétimo)
100th
Centésimo
8th
Octavo
200th
Ducentésimo
9th
Noveno (Nono)
300th
Tricentésimo
10th
Décimo
400th
Cuadrigentésimo
"Primero," "tercero," and "Postrero" drop the O
El primer pedido : The first order.
El tercer lote : The third lot.
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Vocabulary
cero - zero
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More on Spanish Months and Days
Days of the Week
la semana - the week
el lunes - Monday
el martes - Tuesday
el miércoles - Wednesday
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Haga Click Para Los Tiempos Verbales - Los Adjetivos - Los Pronombres - Componentes Gramaticales - Recursos Educativos
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Phrases for Tools, Objects, and Equipment
Climb the ladder.
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The imperative mood expresses direct commands, requests, and prohibitions .
In many circumstances, using the imperative mood may sound blunt or even rude , so it is often used with care.
The imperative mood expresses direct commands, requests, and prohibitions. In many circumstances, using the imperative mood may sound blunt or even rude, so it is often used with care.
Direct Commands in Spanish (Imperatives)
Let's start our discussion of commands , which are sometimes called "imperatives",y by dividing them into two groups.
We know that when we speak with someone in Spanish, we have to decide which form of "you" to use. When we know someone well enough to call him/her by the FIRST NAME, we use the word "tú". If we feel that it is proper to use a title and the last name (for example: Mr. García, Mrs. Fernández, Senator González, President Fujimori), out of respect for the persons age or social position, we use the word "usted".
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Vocabulary
jabón - soap
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Spanish Pluperfect (Past Perfect Subjunctive)
To form the "pretérito pluscuamperfecto" (past perfect) of the subjunctive mood, we need to use the auxiliary verb "haber" (have) in its "pretérito imperfecto" (past simple) of the subjunctive mood and the past participle of another verb.
First , to form the past participle of the regular verbs in Spanish, we need to take the verb as we find it in the dictionary and remove the last two letters.
Then , if the verb ends in:
-ar we will add the ending -ado
-er or -ir we will add the ending -ido
haber
yo (that I might have)
tú (that you might have)
Ud./él/ella (that you might have)
nosotros (as) (that we might have)
vosotros (as) (that you might have)
Uds./ellos/ellas (that they might have)
Note: yo = I, tú = you (informal), usted (Ud.) = you (formal),
él = he, ella = she, nosotros = we (males), nosotras = we
(females), vosotros = you guys (informal, males), vosotras =
you guys (informal, females), ellos = they (males), ellas =
they (females), ustedes (Uds.) = you all (formal)
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Vocabulary
collar de perro - dog collar
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The conditional is used in a variety of situations:
To communicate a condition based on something known or expressed.
Iríamos a Cancún, pero no tenemos dinero.
We would go to Cancun, but we don't have any money.
To communicate a future condition based on a past occurance.
El dijo que iría a matarnos.
He said he would kill us.
To communicate doubt in the present about something the occurred in the past.
Yo no se por qué estaría tan feliz.
I don't know why he was so happy.
To communicate courtesy.
¿Te gustaría una taza de té?
Would you like a cup of tea?
¿Me podría decir donde puedo comprar la pelicula Spiderman?
Would you be able to tell me where I can buy the Spiderman movie?
¿Seria tan amable de decirme donde puedo comprar un cuenco?
Would you be so kind to tell me where I can buy a bell?
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Vocabulary
escorpión - scorpion
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Spanish Imperfect (Past Subjunctive)
The imperfect subjunctive is formed by taking the third person plural of the preterite minus -on.
hablaron hablar-
comieron comier-
vivieron vivier-
To this stem you add the following endings:-a, -as, -a, -amos, -ais, -an
One of the most common uses of the imperfect subjunctive is in a si clause. In such a clause it has a hypothetical meaning.
Si yo fuera el presidente...
If I were the president...
Si tuviera mucho dinero...
If I had a lot of money...
Si hablara cinco idiomas...
If I spoke five languages...
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Vocabulary
rico - rich
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