Elementary Spanish/Survival kit for parents

Common phrases Antes Después A propósito De paso Como resultado de Accidentalmente Aquí Allí Por ahí Opuesto Bajo Más allá A lo lejos A la izquierda A la derecha Por lo tanto Sin embargo Por otra parte Por último Próximo También Además Además de Del mismo modo Igualmente En consecuencia Por lo tanto Por consiguiente A consecuencia Así De otra manera Después Así Entonces Por qué Generalmente En general En la mayor parte Por regla general Ordinariamente Regularmente En particular Por ejemplo Particularmente Especialmente Tal como Incluso A saber Por ejemplo Como un ejemplo En este caso Sobre todo Particularmente Igualmente Junto con la En comparación con los En comparación con los Junto con Además de En resumen En breve En conclusión Mientras tanto Pronto Más tarde En el mientras tanto Después Más temprano En resumen En resumen Finalmente Before After By the way Incidentally As a result of Accidentally Here There Over there Opposite Under Beyond In the distance To the left To the right Therefore However Moreover Lastly Next Also Furthermore In addition to Similarly Likewise Accordingly Hence Consequently As a result Thereby Otherwise Subsequently Thus So then Wherefore Generally Usually For the most part As a rule Ordinarily Regularly In particular For instance Particularly Especially Such as Including Namely For example As an example In this case Above all Singularly Likewise Coupled with Compared to In comparison to Together with Besides In brief In short In conclusion In the meantime Soon Later In the meanwhile Afterward Earlier In summary To summarize Finally Irregular verbs Word Meaning Present Past tense examples ir to go Yo voy a la tienda. (I go to the store) Tu vas a la tienda. (You go to the store.) Ellos van a la tienda. (They go to the store) Nosotros vamos a la tienda. (We go to the store) Yo fui a la tienda. (I went to the store) Tu fuiste a la tienda. (You went to the store.) Ellos fueron a la tienda. (They went to the store.) Nosotros fuimos a la tienda. (We went to the store.) ser to be (state of being) tener to have estar to be (state of being) ver to see decir to say hacer to do poder to be able to dar to give saber to know leer to read dormir to sleep mirar to see escuchar to hear comer to eat dormir to sleep volver to return dar to give querer to want escribir to write Indirect object pronouns In spanish, the verb not only gives information about the action, it also gives information about the Indirect object in the sentence. These are always personal nouns. Indirect objects tell “to whom” or “for whom” something is done. me te le nos les Me (meh) versus Le (leh) Me (MEH) refers specifically to me. Le (LEH) refers to him or her. Dame la blusa. Give ME the blouse. Dale la blusa. Give HER/HIM the blouse. Me (MEE) versus La(LAH) Mi refers specifically to mine. My favorite food is eggs. Mi comida favorita son huevos. It would be weird to say, THE FAVORITE FOOD IS EGGS. LA COMIDA FAVORITA SON HUEVOS. La is the. The rose is red. La rosa es roja. Indirect pronoun chart + Indirect Object Pronouns Singular Plural 1st person me (to/for me) nos (to/for us) 2nd person te (to/for you-- informal) os (to/for you-- informal) 3rd person le (to/for you formal, him, her, it) les (to/for them, you formal) Es “Es” is the word “is” in English. Unlike English, in Spanish the noun is implied at times and a sentence can start with “is”. Es un gato negro. (It’s a black cat.) Es una flor roja. (It’s a red flower.) El gato es negro. (The cat is black) La flor es roja. (The flower is red.) Location words in front of enfrente de The man is standing in front of the woman. El hombre esta enfrente de la mujer. in front of delante de The man is standing in front of the woman. El hombre esta delante de la mujer. between entre Two is between one and three. Dos esta entre uno y tres. behind detras de Look behind you. Mira destras de ti. underneath debajo de Look underneath the table. Mira debajo de la mesa. on top of encima de The hat is on top of his head. La gorra esta encima de su cabeza. inside of dentro de/en What is inside of the bottle? Que esta detro de la botella? near cerca de The library is near here. La biblioteca esta cerca de aqui. next to al lado de The bear is next to the cat. El oso esta al lado del gato. to the right a la derecha My house is to the right. Mi casa esta a la derecha. to the left a la izquierda My house is to the left. Mi casa esta a la izquierda. far from lejos de My house is far from here. Mi casa esta lejos de aqui.