This document provides a table of contents and overview for a Spanish grammar book covering topics like preterit, imperfect, future, conditional, commands, and subjunctive tenses. The table of contents lists 14 chapters that will cover verb conjugations, irregular verbs, uses of ser vs estar, por vs para, and more. Examples are provided of trigger words and structures to introduce different tenses. The overview is intended to help students navigate and understand the key concepts covered in the grammar book.
2. Table of Contents 1st semester PreteritTrigger Words Preterit Car, Gar, ZarSpock VerbsSnake and SnakeyCucarachaImperfectTigger Words ImperfectIrregularsPreterit vs. ImperfectSer vs. EstarVerbs like GustarComparatives/SuperlativesTransition WordsFutureTrigger Words FutureIrregularsPorParaConditionalIrregulars
3. PreteritAR ER/IR For actions that can be viewed as single events
4. For actions that were repeated a specific number of times
5. For actions that occurred during a specific period of time
10. Narrate a series of past actions/events Preterit Trigger Wordsanochea las ochoel __ pasadoayerun díaHace __ que__ante ayerel martesuna vezel mes pasado
11. Car, Gar, Zar Verbs-CAR changes to qué-GAR changes to gué-ZAR changes to céNOTE: ONLY CHANGES IN THE YO FOURM! jugarbuscaralmorzar
21. To describe the characteristics of people, things, or conditions Imperfect Trigger Wordsmientassiemprea menudofrecuentementetodos los díasa vecesde vez en cuandomuchas vecescada díaslos lunes
33. Movie Ser vs. EstarDOCTORPEDdescriptionHELPINGhealthoriginemotionscharacteristicslocationtimepresent condition}occupation-ando-endo-yendorelationshippossessioneventsdates
34. Verbs like Gustar Singular form used when infinitive form of verb follows
35. Often used in the conditional (would, should, could) to soften request
36. Use with pronouns : Me Te Le Nos Lesaburrirfaltarimportarfascinarencantardolerquedardisgustarinteresarapetecerpreocuparmolestar
37. Comparatives/Superlativesmás (adjective) queel/la más (adjective) demenos (adjective) queel/la menos (adjective) deNOTE: Do not need adjective with theseIrregulars:bueno ~ mejorviejo ~ mayormalo ~ peorjoven ~ menorWith numbers:más de or menos de with numbertan (adjective) como******* must use adjective after tan!!
60. have or have not donePast Perfecta compound tense
61. need the main verb and the verb had (haber) Present Perfect Irregulars
62. Subjunctive Perfectused when a verb or expression requires the subjunctive in the main clause is in the present, future, or present perfect
63. when the dependent clause is in the present or future, the present subjunctive is used
64. when the dependent clause is in the past, use the present perfect subjunctivehaber + past participle
65. Tanto y Tantan: used with an adjective or adverb followed by como
66. tanto: used with a noun followed by como; can be tanto, tanta, tantos, tantasImpersonal Se use ‘se’ to avoid specifying a person who is doing the action of the verb
67. when using ‘se’, the verb is always in the 3rd person
74. comer coma or comantu commands can be affirmative or negative
75. affirmitive: conjugate the verb in the 3rd person presenthablarhablanegative: conjugate to the ‘yo’ form, drop the o and add the opposite ‘tu’ endinghablar no hables
82. DOP + IOP Placementaffirmative commands: the object pronouns are attached at the end of the command of the verb; cómprelo
83. when dealing with direct and indirect object pronouns, the indirect object pronoun is attached before the direct object pronoun: cómpremelonegative commands: the object pronoun must be placed before the command; it cannot be attached
84. just as with the affirmative commands, the direct object comes before the indirect object pronounNosotros Commands conjugate the ‘yo’ form of the verb in the present tense
85. drop the ‘o’ and add the opposite nosotros ending (ar-emos; eri/ir-amos)
87. Mono Verbswith reflexive verbs, conjugate the command the same as regular nosotros commands, drop the ‘s’ of the command then attach the reflexive pronoun; referred to as mono verbs
89. The irregulars are conjugated in the irregular form and follow it. Irrgulars include dar, estar, ir, saber, and ser.Trigger Phrasesesmaloqueesbuenoqueluegoqueesperarqueesnecesarioquesentirqueasiquealegrar se de quehasta que
91. Expressions of Emotion a main clause (hope, fear, joy, pity, surprise) followed by the subordinate clause (subjunctive)Conjunctions of Time for conjunctions of time, you take the indicative form when the action in the subordinate clause is either habitual or in the past
92. the subjunctive is used when the main clause is a command or in the future Demonstrative Adjectives + PronounsSingularPlural