Travel: -er and -ir verbs singular persons preterite, subject pronouns
I can use the preterite and subject pronouns to compare different people's past travel experiences.
Travel: -er and -ir verbs singular persons preterite, subject pronouns
I can use the preterite and subject pronouns to compare different people's past travel experiences.
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Key learning points
- To mean 'I' in the preterite with -er/-ir verbs, we remove -er/-ir and add -í, -iste for 'you' and -ió for 'she, he,it'.
- Spanish subject pronouns add emphasis or clarity when comparing different people.
- Spanish singular subject pronouns are: 'yo' ('I'), 'tú' ('you'), 'él' ('he') and 'ella' ('she').
- Adjectives usually come after the noun; however, certain prenominal adjectives come before the noun.
- Prenominal adjectives 'primero' and 'tercero' drop the -o before a masculine singular noun.
Keywords
Preterite - describes completed events in the past, e.g. 'I did'
Prenominal adjective - an adjective that appears before the noun it describes
Subject pronoun - represents the person, people or thing(s) doing the verb, e.g. 'I', 'we', 'they'
Common misconception
Adjectives always come after the noun in Spanish.
In Spanish, adjectives generally come after the noun; however, certain prenominal adjectives come before the noun, e.g. 'último', 'mismo', 'propio', 'primero', 'segundo', 'tercero'.
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