Madrigals Magic Key to Spanish (45 page)
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Authors: Margarita Madrigal
Tags: #Reference, #Language Arts & Disciplines
| agonía | cortesía | geología | patología |
| analogía | ( courtesy ) | geometría | ( pathology ) |
| anatomía | economía | garantía | pleuresía |
| antología | espía | ( guarantee ) | profesía |
| ( anthology ) | ( spy ) | hipocresía | psicología |
| arqueología | filosofía | ( hypocrisy ) | sinfonía |
| ( archeology ) | fisiología | ideología | sociología |
| astronomía | fotografía | ironía | trigonometría |
| biografía | geografía | monotonía | zoología |
The word “vista” (
view
) has some interesting combinations in Spanish.
la vista,
the view
la revista,
the review, magazine
la entrevista,
the interview
entrevistar,
to interview
Voy a entrevistar.
I’m going to interview
Entrevisté.
I interviewed
Entrevistó.
Anybody else interviewed
| ¿ Leyó usted | el periódico |
| ( Did you read? ) | una novela |
| Leí | un artículo |
| ( I read ) | la revista |
| ¿ Va a leer | un libro |
| ( Are you going to read? ) | la biografía |
| Voy a leer | la carta |
| ( I’m going to read ) | |
Copy the above material onto a card. Carry the card with you and glance at it whenever you get a chance.
| la palabra, the word | durante, during |
| el argumento, the plot | mientras, while |
| el estilo, the style | despacio, slowly |
| me gusta, I like it | aprisa, fast |
| me gustó, I liked it | interesantisimo, most interesting |
Words that end in
“
cle”
in English:
| el artículo, article | el semicírculo, semicircle |
| el obstáculo, obstacle | el músculo, muscle |
| el vehículo, vehicle | el espectáculo, spectacle |
| el círculo, circle | |
el tomate
ow that you have mastered “é” for me, “ó” for anybody else, you have come to the exciting moment when you can learn the plurals. Up to this time you have been talking about half the world, the singular world. Now, with the plural, you will be able to talk about everything under the living sun.
The plural endings of “ar” verbs are “amos” for we and “aron” for anybody else (plural).
SINGULAR
TRABAJÉ,
I worked
TRABAJÓ,
you, he, she worked
did you, he, she work?
PLURAL
TRABAJAMOS,
we worked
TRABAJARON,
you
(pl.)
worked, they worked
did you
(pl.)
work? did they work?
Notice that there are two third man figures before the plural third man form. The plural third man form of the verbs will be indicated by two third man figures throughout the book.
Trabajé mucho.
I worked a lot.
Mi amigo trabajó mucho.
My friend worked a lot.
Trabajamos mucho.
We worked a lot.
Mis amigos trabajaron mucho.
My friends worked a lot.
Trabajaron mucho.
They worked a lot. You
(pl.)
worked a lot.