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Comparatives

Comparatives. Page 278 Realidades 1. Comparatives. You have learned mas and menos in certain expressions. Comparatives. Me gusta el tenis pero me gusta más el fútbol. Te gustan las manzanas? Si, más o menos. Comparatives.

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  1. Comparatives Page 278 Realidades 1

  2. Comparatives • You have learned mas and menos in certain expressions.

  3. Comparatives • Me gusta el tenis pero me gusta más el fútbol. • Te gustan las manzanas? Si, más o menos.

  4. Comparatives • We also use mas / menos + adjective + qué (‘than’) to make comparisons.

  5. Comparatives • mas / menos + adjective + qué • Los discos compactos de Los Toros son más populares que los discos compactos de Los Lobos.

  6. Comparatives • mas / menos + adjective + qué • Jorge es menos serio que María.

  7. Comparatives • The adjectives agree with the nouns they refer to.

  8. Comparatives • The adjectives bueno, malo, viejo, and joven have irregular comparative forms. We do not use más with them.

  9. Comparatives • bueno, a • malo, a • viejo, a • joven mejor (que) peor (que) mayor (que) menor (que)

  10. Comparatives • Mejor, peor, mayor, and menor have plural forms ending in -es. However, they don’t have a different feminine form:

  11. Comparatives • Las hermanas de Pedro son menores que las de Juan.

  12. Comparatives • Mejor (better) is also the comparative form of bien (well), and peor (worse) also the comparative form of mal (badly).

  13. Comparatives • When used in this sense, mejor and peor have only one form.

  14. Comparatives • Graciela y Fabián son mejores que Susana y Gustavo en tenis.

  15. Comparatives • Graciela y Fabián juegan tenis mejor que Susana y Gustavo.

  16. Page 233 The verb poder

  17. The Verb PODER • The verb PODER means “to be able to” or “can”

  18. The Verb PODER • Remember, in Spanish all verbs have two parts, the stem and the ending.

  19. The Verb Poder • For example POD is the stem • ER is the ending…thus makes PODER

  20. Stem Changing Verbs • PODER is what we call a “stem-changing verb”.

  21. Stem Changing Verbs • The “stem” is what changes, so the stem POD changes the “o” to “ue” in all forms except the nosotros.

  22. Stem Changing Verbs • So instead of POD, you have PUED. • The endings follow the regular ‘er’ endings.

  23. I CAN YOU CAN HE SHE CAN IT WE CAN THEY CAN TO BE ABLE TO, CAN

  24. o es e emos éis en Remember “ER” Endings?

  25. yo puedo tú puedes ud. él puede ella nosotros podemos (NO CHANGE) vosotros podéis uds. ellos pueden ellas PODER

  26. Uses of PODER • When the forms of PODER are followed by another verb, the second verb is always an infinitive.

  27. Uses of PODER For example: No puedo ir al cine contigo el viernes.

  28. Let’s review PODER again and remember, you do NOT change the nosotros or the vosotros forms!

  29. yo puedo tú puedes ud. él puede ella nosotros podemos (NO CHANGE) vosotros podéis uds. ellos pueden ellas PODER

  30. DORMIR • The verb DORMIR is very similar to PODER. It means “to sleep.”

  31. DORMIR • DORMIR is a “stem-changing” verb. • It is an “o > ue” stem-changing verb.

  32. DORMIR • The stem of “dormir” is… • “dorm” • What changes? “duerm”

  33. DORMIR • DORMIR follows regular “-ir” endings. • o, es, e, imos, ís, en

  34. DORMIR • All forms change except the nosotros form. Let’s see!

  35. I sleep You sleep He She sleeps It We sleep They sleep TO SLEEP

  36. yo duermo tú duermes él ella duerme Ud. nos. dormimos (NO CHANGE) vosotros dormís ellos ellas duermen Uds. DORMIR

  37. Superlatives Page 280 Realidades 1

  38. Superlatives • In English, Superlatives are when we use adjectives with an “est” as a suffix. • For example, the fastest runner, the tallest girl, etc.

  39. Superlatives • Memorize this formula: • el/la/los/las + noun + más/menos+ adjective

  40. Superlatives • el/la/los/las + noun + más/menos+ adjective • This formula is used to say that someone is “the most” or “the least” of a group.

  41. Superlatives • For example, • La foto de mi familia es la posesión más importante para mi.

  42. Superlatives • Los colores más bonitos • In Spanish, it says “the colors most pretty.” • In English we would say, “the prettiest colors” with “est.”

  43. Superlatives • To say that someone is “the best” or “the worst” we use el/la mejor and el /la peor. These come before the noun.

  44. Superlatives • Pienso que Gonzalo Ochoa es el mejor estudiante. • Also, for example, “el peor estudiante,” “la mejor niña”

  45. Superlatives • To say “the most” or “the best” of a group, use “de” • For example

  46. Superlatives • Para mi, Eduardo es el peor estudiante de todas. • Margarita es la mejor estudiante de la clase.

  47. Superlatives • What do these phrases say? • la pruebamásdificil • el informemenosinteresante • la másdifícilde todas • los menosinteresantesdel día.

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