Estrellas y famosos: plural preterite 'dar', idiomatic uses of 'dar'
I can use the verb 'dar' with nouns of feeling and emotion to describe reactions to a film.
Estrellas y famosos: plural preterite 'dar', idiomatic uses of 'dar'
I can use the verb 'dar' with nouns of feeling and emotion to describe reactions to a film.
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Key learning points
- 'Damos' means 'we give', 'dais' means 'you all give', and 'dan' means 'they give'.
- 'Dimos' means 'we gave', 'disteis' means 'you all gave' and 'dieron' means 'they gave'.
- The words 'pena', 'alegría', 'vergüenza', 'risa', 'miedo' and 'sueno' are all nouns.
- 'Dar' often appears before a noun of feeling or emotion.
- 'Dar' + noun of feeling or emotion normally translates as 'to be' + adjective in English.
Keywords
Dar - Spanish verb meaning 'to give, giving'
Preterite - a tense used for completed events in the past
Common misconception
'To give' is always a natural translation of 'dar'.
When 'dar' appears with a noun of feeling or emotion, it is more natural to use 'to be' + adjective in English.
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Bilingual dictionaries are recommended for task C2.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
to have, having (done something)
I have (done something)
you have (done something)
she, he, it has (done something)
written
done, made
put
seen
Exit quiz
6 Questions
we give, are giving
you all give, are giving
they give, are giving
we gave
you all gave
they all gave
to be happy
to be scary
to be sad
to be funny
to be boring
to be embarrassing