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Singular:
Yo (I)
T (You)
l /Ella/ Ello (He/ she/ it)
Plural:
Nosotros (We)
Vosotros (You)
Ellos/Ellas (They)
2. Possessive Pronouns.
We can see 2 types of possesive pronouns:
my
mi(s)
This is my house.
sta es mi casa.
your
tu(s), de ti / su(s), de usted
his
su(s), de l
her
su(s), de ella
its
su(s)
our
nuestro(s), de nosotros
your
vuestro(s) / su(s), de
ustedes
asientos.
their
su(s), de ellos
yours
tuyo(s) / suyo(s)
his
suyo(s)
hers
suyo(s)
its
su(s)
ours
nuestro(s)
yours
vuestro(s) / suyo(s)
theirs
suyo(s)
3. Demonstrative Pronouns.
this (este/a/o)
that (ese/a/o, aqul, aquello/a)
these (estos/as)
those (esos/as, aquellos/as)
4. Reflexive Pronouns.
myself
yo mismo, a m
I saw it myself.
Yo mismo lo vi.
yourself
t mismo (a t), usted
mismo (a usted)
himself
l mismo a s mismo
He hurt himself.
Se hizo dao.
herself
ella misma, a s misma
itself
l mismo, a s mismo
ourselves
nosotros mismos
We made it ourselves.
Lo hemos hecho nosotros mismos.
yourselves
vosotros mismos, ustedes
mismos
themselves
ellos mismos
5. Sentence structure.
In spain the formation of a sentence always have 2 important parts that always appear in
every sentence:
The subject and the predicate. (El sujeto y el predicado) The subject is the the
person, animal or thing that performs the action of the verb or who says something and
the predicate is the rest of the sentence since the verb. In syntax, a predicate is the
constituent of the sentence that provides information about the subject.
In spanish we have like in english different types of sentences.
*Sometimes the verb appear before than the subject, that its a pasive sentence, but we
wont learn that yet. (first basically things)
Example:
En ese momento entraron los invitados (In that moment entered the guests)
*Another times the subject doesnt appear in the sentence, and you have to find it
looking the tense of the verb and choosing the correct person of plurar or singular.
Example:
Compraron un coche nuevo la semana pasada (Bought a new car last week)
Who bought the car? - the subject in this sentence is They First person of plural.
(I think you can look it better in spanish because we have differents ends for every
person and every tense of the verbs)
* When we want to put more force when we express negation we sometimes use 2 times
the adverb no.
* We have to the double negation in spanish formed:
Ejemplo:
No veo a nadie en la calle. (I dont see anyone on the street.)
no ... nada
Ejemplo:
No hay nada ms bonito. (There is nothing nicer.)
no ... nunca/jams
Ejemplo:
No voy a ir nunca a ese pas. (I will never go to this country.)
no ... tampoco
Ejemplo:
Yo no lo s tampoco. (I do not know either.)
no ... ningn
Ejemplo:
No conozco ningn buen dentista. (I do not know any good dentist.)
no ... ni ... ni
Ejemplo:
Eso no tiene ni pies ni cabeza. (It has neither head nor tail.)
*But in englisg for example the word anything (nada) is not consider negative,
because the translation is positive (algo in spanish) Therefore in english doesnt exist
the double negation like in spanish.
6. Interrogative Sentences.
In Spanish, questions are usually between two question marks (?). They can be
classified in total questions (yes-no) or partial and direct or indirect.
The formation of this sentences its the same than the afirmative clauses but writed
between ?.
Example:
Another types of interrogative sentence in spanish are questions can not be answered
with a yes or no, if you need more information has been provided.
Example:
What are you going to see? - An action movie. (Qu vas a ver? Una pelcula de
accin.)
For the last type of interrogative sentences you need to use the interrogative
pronoums:
Examples:
Who was the creator of our flag?
Quin fue el creador de nuestra bandera?
What did he say before leaving?
Qu dijo antes de irse?
Which South American country do you want to visit?
Cul pas sudamericano quiere visitar?
Whose house is this?
De quin es esta casa?
Whose books have you finally bought?
Los libros de quin has comprado finalmente?