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Spanish Sentence Structure

Spanish Sentence Structure. How can we make better sentences?. Rules with verbs. You CAN NOT have two verbs next to each other…. EX. Tengo es una casa bonita . You don’t need the “ es ”. Ownership Rules. En English we say: Pedro’s Family Maria’s house Etc.

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Spanish Sentence Structure

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  1. Spanish Sentence Structure How can we make better sentences?

  2. Rules with verbs • You CAN NOT have two verbs next to each other…. • EX. Tengoesuna casa bonita. • You don’t need the “es”.

  3. Ownership Rules • En English we say: • Pedro’s Family • Maria’s house • Etc. • We can’t do this in Spanish!

  4. How can I use ‘s? • Instead of using the apostrophe (‘) in Spanish, we have to do this: • The(thing)of(owner). • El/la (thing)de(owner). • So Maria’s book, turns into: • el libro de Maria • Pedro’s family, turns into: - la familia de Pedro

  5. Agreement with adjectives • Remember that adjectives: - Go after the noun they describe - Agree in number & gender with the noun they modify. *Just because a girl has something, doesn’t make it feminine. So if a girl is holding a book, “el libro” is still masculine.

  6. Words that don’t translate well to Spanish • Get… Try to use another word or work around it • Will… As in “I will go”. This DOES NOT translate to Spanish. • Remember to look up things like “have”, “eat”, etc. and then CONJUGATE them according to subject.

  7. Suggestions • The best advice I can give you is to ALWAYS translate what you just wrote! • If the sentence makes no sense, then think of another way to say it. • If you don’t know how to say a certain word, avoid it and think of a word you do know. • Don’t confuse yourself!

  8. Actual Examples • “Ricardo case espequeño.” • “Casa de Ricardo espequeñaunabaño y dos dormitorios.” • Dormitorioalfombraroja

  9. Mejor • “Ricardo case espequeño.” Becomes: - La casa de Ricardo espequeña. • “Casa de Ricardo espequeñaunabaño dos dormitorios.” Becomes: - La casa de Ricardo espequeña. La casa tiene un baño y dos dormitorios. • Dormitorioalfombraroja - Mi dormitoriotieneunaalfombraroja.

  10. Final Thoughts • We will work on these things today. • You do not have to be perfect, but we need to understand the basics first!

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