Friday, March 26, 2010

Indirect object pronouns


Keep in mind that an indirect object tells to whom or for whom an action is performed. Indirect pronouns are used to replace a direct object noun. The indirect object pronouns are: for singular, you do me for me, te for you, le for him/her/you, Plural object pronouns are: nos for us, and les for them or you. since le and les have nore than one meaning you can make the meaning clearer by adding a+ a name+ a pronoun. Indirect pronouns are placed bofore the verb or are attached to the infinitive; just like direct object pronouns and reflexive pronouns.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Imperfect tense irregular verbs


There are only three irregular verbs in the imperfect tense. They are ir, ser, and ver. The forms for ir are: iba, ibas, iba, íbamos, iban. For ser the endings are: era, eras, era, éramos, eran. Finally for ver the forms are: veía, veías, veía, veímos, and veían.

Imperfect tense regular verbs


Use the imperfect tense of regular verbs to talk about actions that happen repeatedly in the past. Here are the regular forms of -ar verbs: -aba, -abas, -aba, -ábamos, -aban. -Er and -ir verbs have the same endings as each other and the endings are: -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -ían. The yo, udstes ,and el/ ella forms are the same in the imperfect for -ar, -er ,and -ir verbs.

Monday, March 22, 2010

Reciprical Actions


For reciprical actions you use se and nos for the pronouns in order to express an idea to each other. For example, Se abrezaban y Se besaban. They were hugging each other and kissing each other.

Preterite VS. Imperfect


You use imperfect verbs to talk about actions that happen repeditivly in the past. Here are the ending for -ar, -er, and -ir verbs in the imperfect tense. Ar verb endings are as follows: -aba, -abas, -aba, -ábamos, and -aban. Most-er and -ir verbs have the same endings; there are only a few exceptions. The endings for -er and -ir verbs are as follows: -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, and -ían. And for preterite verbs check out our earlier post on preterite verbs.

Irregular preterite


Preterite verbs are verbs used to descibe action that were cmpleted in the past just like all the other verbs you keep the stems, unless they are stem changing verbs, and change the ending. irregular preterite verbs are venir, poner, decir, and traer. the irregular preterite endings are -e, -iste, -o, -imos, and -ieron/-eron.