Madrigals Magic Key to Spanish (72 page)

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Authors: Margarita Madrigal

Tags: #Reference, #Language Arts & Disciplines

EXERCISE IN TRANSLATION

Translate the following sentences into Spanish. Write out each sentence in Spanish, using the columns above as a guide. Check your sentences with the correct translations below this exercise.

  1. We visit my cousin often (with frequence).
  2. We understand the lesson very well.
  3. We write many letters in the office.
  4. We live in a house in the country.
  5. We have coffee in the office.
  6. We have lunch at one o’clock.
  7. We have breakfast at eight o’clock.
  8. We have dinner at seven o’clock.
  9. The students speak very well.
  10. The women carry baskets.
  11. My cousins live in Costa Rica.
  12. My friends work in the bank.
  13. The secretaries write many letters.
  14. Charles and Robert understand the lesson.
  15. Mary and Alice prepare dinner.

Check your sentences with the correct translations below.

  1. Visitamos a mi primo con frecuencia.
  2. Comprendemos la lección muy bien.
  3. Escribimos muchas cartas en el despacho.
  4. Vivimos en una casa en el campo.
  5. Tomamos café en el despacho.
  6. Tomamos el almuerzo a la una.
  7. Tomamos el desayuno a las ocho.
  8. Tomamos la cena a las siete.
  9. Los estudiantes hablan muy bien.
  10. Las mujeres llevan canastas.
  11. Mis primos viven en Costa Rica.
  12. Mis amigos trabajan en el banco.
  13. Las secretarias escriben muchas cartas.
  14. Carlos y Roberto comprenden la lección.
  15. María y Alicia preparan la cena.

N
OTE
I: Remember that if a noun is feminine it is followed by a feminine adjective and if a noun is masculine it is followed by a masculine adjective. Boys don’t mix with girls grammatically as they do in real life.

Plural nouns are followed by plural adjectives. In other words, adjectives must agree with nouns in number and gender.

MASCULINE SINGULAR
FEMININE SINGULAR
el sombrero bonito
la blusa bonita
el mercado pintoresco
la casa blanca
el hombre guapo
la mujer generosa
MASCULINE PLURAL
FEMININE PLURAL
los sombreros bonitos
las blusas bonitas
los mercados pintorescos
las casas blancas
los hombres guapos
las mujeres generosas

N
OTE
II: The letters MOS and N are very important in Spanish because they form the plural of verbs.

THIRD MAN SINGULAR
THIRD MAN PLURAL
habla
plus the letter N
=
hablan
vende
plus the letter N
=
venden
compra
plus the letter N
=
compran
vota
plus the letter N
=
votan
va (
you go
)
plus the letter N
=
van (
they go
)
está (
you are
)
plus the letter N
=
están (
they are
)

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