Spanish 2/Chapter 5 (Errands)

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Chapter 5 (Errands)

Places in the community

Mail

Note: Enviar has a stem-change of i to í.

Sports Equipment

Personal care

Excuses

Errands

Note: Cerrar has a stem-change of e to ie. Dentista is either masculine or feminine. Devolver has a stem-change of o to ue.

Other words

Note:caramba is not used as often as other expressions of the same meaning, such as ¡Caray!.

Preterite of ir and ser

In the preterite tense, ir and ser have the same form.

Preterite of tener, estar, and poder

The preterite forms of tener, estar, and poder follow a similar pattern to that of hacer learned in Spanish 1.

tener

estar

poder

Direct object pronouns

Remember that a direct object tells who or what receives the action of the verb. To avoid repeating a direct object noun, you can replace itwith a direct object pronoun. In English, it, him, and her are direct object pronouns. Remember the Spanish direct object pronouns?

Direct object pronouns have the same gender and number as the nouns they replace and come right before the conjugated verb.

ex.: ¿Ayudaste a tu hermana en la tienda? Sí, la ayudé.

When an infinitive follows a verb, the direct object pronoun can be placed before the conjugated verb or attached to the infinitive.

ex.: No pude sacarlo.

Vocabulario adicional

Community

Sports equipment

The bank

The post office

Cultural Insight

El Rastro in Madrid.

Mercados al aire libre In Spanish-speaking countries, open-aired markets are very popular. They are places where one can buy and sell all kinds of items, such as food, fruits and vegetables, crafts, and clothing. Items are usually placed where one can view them on the street. Open-aired markets are popular places to spend time with friends and family, to dine, and to just go sightseeing. Mexico's native Aztecs were famous for their open-aired markets and they have continued to be popular in Mexico City. Spain also has its own famous open-aired market, El Rastro.


Mercados sobre ruedas In some Spanish'speaking countries, some markets that go around are also popular. Called Mercados sobre Ruedas, literally meaning Markets on wheels, these markets usually deal in consumer products such as dairy products, fruits, vegetables, and others. These markets on wheels switch location each day of the week, so that they have various locations on which they set shop depending on what day of the week it is.

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