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What's today's date?
?Cuál es la fecha de hoy?
?Qué fecha es hoy?
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(Today is) It's the first of April.
(Hoy) Es el primero de abril.
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(Today is) It's the fifth of February.
(Hoy) Es el cinco de febrero.
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mil is used to express the year (el año) after 999.
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to the right of
a la derecha de
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a la izquierda de
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to the north/south
al norte/sur
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east/west of
este/oeste de
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United States
Estados Unidos
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frozen, very cold
congelado/a
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content, happy
contento/a
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AR verbs
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tomar - tomando
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ER & IR verbs
iendo
- comprender - comprendiendo
- abrir - abriendo
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REMEMBER
To never use a progressive with "going". Just use IR.
Voy/vas/va/vamos/van
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O Verbs
- Leer - leyendo
- Oir - oyendo
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SER
used with adjectives that describe the fundamental qualities of a person, place, or thing.
- To identify people and things:
- Ella es doctora.
- Tikal es una ciudad maya.
- To express nationality; with de to express origin
- Son cubanos.
- Son de La Habana.
- Este boligrafo es de plastico.
- With de to tell of what material something is made
- With de to express possession
- Es de Carlota
- With para to tell for whom something is intended
- El regalo es para Sara.
- To tell time
- Son las once.
- Es la una y media.
- With adjectives that describe basic, inherent characteristics
- Ramona es inteligente.
- To form many generalizations
- Es necesario llegar temprano.
- Es importante estudiar
EXAMPLES:
- Esa mesa es muy baja.
- That table is very short/low.
- Sus calcetines son morados.
- His socks are purple.
- Este sillón es cómodo.
- This armchair is comfortable.
- Sus padres son carinosos.
- Their parents are affectionate people.
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ESTAR
used with adjectives to express conditions or observations that are true at a given moment but that do not describe inherent qualities of the noun. The adjectives at right are generally used with estar.
- To tell location
- El libro está en la mesa.
- To describe health
- Estoy muy bien, gracias.
- With adjectives that describe conditions
- Estoy muy ocupado.
- In a number of fixed expressions
- (No) Estoy de acuerdo.
- Está bien.
- With present participles to form the progressive tense
- Estoy estudiando ahora mismo.
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Ser or Estar
Many adjectives can be used with either ser or estar, depending on what the speaker intends to communicate. In general, when to be implies looks, feels, or appears, easter is used.
- Daniel es guapo.
- Daniel is handsome.
- Daniel está muy guapo esta noche.
- Daniel looks very nice tonight.
- Como es Amalia?
- What is Amalia like (as a person)?
- Como está Amalia?
- How is Amalia feeling?
- Está enferma todavia?
- She's still sick.
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