Identify places in the community
el negocio (business)
Understand and use the irregular verb “ir” to talk about going to places
ir (to go)
| Singular | Plural |
 yo voy |
nosotros vamos |
| tú vas |
vosotros vais |
| él / ella / usted va |
ellos / ellas / ustedes van |
Contractions
There are only two contractions in the whole Spanish language, and they’re frequently used with ir and other verbs of motion.
A + el = al (to the)
De + el = del (from the)
Use the infinitive after “ir” + “a” to talk about plans and future events
The verb ir is also used as a way to describe future plans when used in the following manner: ir + a + infinitive. It’s important to remember that you only need to conjugate ir in this kind of sentence. Another way of looking at it is the rule that after a preposition (like a), a verb will always be in the infinitive.
Yo voy a estudiar esta noche. (I’m going to study tonight.)
Tú no vas a ganar mucho dinero aquí. (You are not going to earn much money here.)
¿Va usted a comer conmigo? (Are you going to eat with me?)
Identify vocabulary relating to foods, cooking and eating
Frutas
la banana
Verduras
Carbohidratos
las papas, las patatas
Proteínas, grasas y productos lácteos
Condimentos
la salsa de tomate
Bebidas
Postres
Platos
la parrillada
Utensilios
Comidas
Use the correct pronouns and correct forms of “gustar” to say what things you and others like and don’t like
The Spanish equivalent of “I like” is me gusta, which literally means “it pleases me”. To indicate whether someone else likes something, you change the indirect object pronoun:
| singular | plural | |
| primera (1a) | me gusta (I like) |
nos gusta (We like) |
| segunda (2a) | te gusta (You like) |
os gusta (You all like) |
| tercera (3a) | le gusta (He/She likes) |
les gusta (They like) |
When you use the verb gustar, the form you choose will depend on whether what you like is a singular noun, a plural noun, or a verb.
The verb form gusta is always in the singular when the noun that is liked or disliked is singular, because *it* is pleasing to the person:
(A mí) me gusta la casa. (I like the house. Literally: The house pleases me.)
What if plural things are pleasing to you? The verb form gustan is always in the plural when the noun is plural or there are two nouns, because they please the person:
(A mí) me gustan las casas. (I like the houses. Literally: The houses please me.)
Understand and use o-ue, e-ie, and e-i stem-changing verbs
A. Verbos con cambio de raíz e>ie
| Comenzar (to start, to begin) |
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| Singular | Plural | |
| 1a | comienzo |
comenzamos |
| 2a | comienzas |
comenzáis |
| 3a | comienza |
comienzan |
B. Verbos con cambio de raíz o>ue
| Dormir (to sleep) |
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| Singular | Plural | |
| 1a | duermo |
dormimos |
| 2a | duermes |
dormís |
| 3a | duerme |
duermen |
C. Verbos con cambio de raíz e>i
| Pedir (to ask for, to request) |
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| Singular | Plural | |
| 1a | pido |
pedimos |
| 2a | pides |
pedís |
| 3a | pide |
piden |
Vocabulario: algunos verbos con cambio de raíz
o>ue
- Almorzar (to eat lunch)
- Costar (to cost)
- Devolver (to return a thing, to give back)
- Encontrar (to find)
- Jugar (to play) (u>ue: juego, juegas, juega, jugamos, jugáis, juegan)
- Poder (to be able)
- Recordar (to remember)
- Volver (to return, to come back)
e>ie
- Cerrar (to close)
- Empezar (to start, to begin)
- Entender (to understand)
- Pensar (to think)
- Preferir (to prefer)
- Perder (to lose)
- Sentir (to feel)
- Tener (to have) (yo tengo, tú tienes…)
- Venir (to come) (yo vengo, tú vienes…)
e>i
- Decir (to say, to tell) (yo digo, tú dices…)
- Reír (to laugh) (yo río, tú ríes, él ríe, nosotros reímos, vosotros reís, ellos ríen)
- Repetir (to repeat)
- Seguir (to follow, to continue)
- Servir (to serve)
- Sonreír (to smile) (yo sonrío, tú sonríes…)
Please see the Cultura section in the Study Plan for these activities.
