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The personal “a” and “a” and “de” contractions

The personal “a” and “a” and “de” contractions. Elements of Spanish Sentences. Spanish sentences , like English ones contain a subject , a verb and an object . Yo escucho la radio S V O Mi amigo come papas fritas . T o m a m o s vino por la mañana. La “a” personal.

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The personal “a” and “a” and “de” contractions

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  1. The personal “a” and “a” and “de” contractions

  2. Elements of SpanishSentences • Spanishsentences, likeEnglishonescontain a subject, a verband anobject. • Yoescuchola radio • SVO • Mi amigo comepapas fritas. • Tomamosvino por la mañana.

  3. La “a” personal • The personal “a” isusedwhentheobjectof a Spanishsentenceis a personorpersons. Thereis no equivalent in English. • Llamoami amiga. • Invitamos a Celia a la fiesta. • Juana escribe una carta a Juanita.

  4. Common Verbs where people can be objects. • Llamar To call (someone) • Llevar To take (someone somewhere) • Invitar To invite (someone) • Escribir To write (someone something) • Conocer To know (someone) • Ver To see (someone) • Amar To love (someone) • Hablar To talk (to someone)* • Mandar/enviar To send (someone something) • Dar Togive (someonesomething)

  5. The personal a isnotused… • Whentheobject of thesentenceisnothuman… • Karla lleva los libros a la biblioteca • Karla istakingthebookstothelibrary. • Karla lleva a su hermana a la biblioteca. • Karla istakinghersistertothelibrary.

  6. Neitherisitusedwiththeverb “tener” • Tengo muchos amigos. • I havemanyfriends • Llevo amis amigosal cine. • I take my friendstothemovies. • Juan tiene cinco novias. • Juan has fivegirlfriends. • Juan invita asus novias a comer en McDonalds porque no tiene dinero • Juan invites hisgirlfriendstoeat at McDonaldsbecause he doesn’thavemoney.

  7. Iftheobjects of thesentenceincludeseveral individual people, the “a” is placed beforeeachone. • Juan invitaa María,a Claudia,a Sofía, a Isabel y a Rosita Chiquita a comer en McDonalds. • Juan invites Maria, Claudia, Sophia, Isabel and Rosita toeat at Mc Donalds.

  8. A, De and Contractions • A • “A” can beusedeither as the “personal a” orthepreposition “to” or “towards”. • When “a” comes before the article “el”, they contract to form “al”. • Llamoal (a + el) doctor. • I’m calling the doctor • Llevo a mi amiga al cine. • I´mtaking my friendtothemovies..

  9. De • “De” can beused as thepossessive “de” orthepreposition “of/from” • Similarly when “de” comes before the article “el” they contract to form “del” • Vengo del club • I’m coming from the club. • La esposa del profesoresmuyguapa. • The professor’s wife is very beautiful

  10. De and A do notcontractwith la, los or las. • Conozco a la mamá de mi amigo. • I know my mom´sfriend. • Vamos a los juegos olímpicos. • We´regoingtotheOlympicGames. • De and Aalso do notcontractwiththesubjectpronoun él: • Recibo una carta de él

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