News and media: simple present for immediate plans
I can use the suffix '-idad' to broaden my vocabulary, and the simple present to translate a text into Spanish about immediate plans to respond to a breaking news story.
News and media: simple present for immediate plans
I can use the suffix '-idad' to broaden my vocabulary, and the simple present to translate a text into Spanish about immediate plans to respond to a breaking news story.
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Key learning points
- The Spanish suffix '-idad' is like '-ity' in English; use it to change adjectives into nouns, e.g. 'real' - 'realidad'.
- All Spanish nouns ending '-idad' are feminine.
- Spanish uses the simple present to express immediate plans; instead, English uses the present continuous (-ing).
- 'Qué' with an accent on the 'e' is the question word 'what'. 'Que' without an accent is a conjunction meaning 'that'.
Keywords
Suffix - a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning or how it is used, e.g. 'real' - 'realidad'
Simple present - describes habitual events in the present: 'I do', and in Spanish, is also used to talk about immediate plans
Que - conjunction meaning 'that'
Common misconception
'Que' means 'what' in Spanish.
'Qué' with an accent on the 'e' is the question word 'what'. 'Que' without an accent is a conjunction meaning 'that' - 'Creo que hay una solución'.
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Exit quiz
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