Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Verbs like Gustar

aburrir ...................... to bore                         
fascinar .................... To be fascinating to                 
bastar ...................... to be sufficient             
importar ................... to be important to        
caer bien (mal) ......... to (not) suit                  
interesar ................... to be interesting to       
dar asco ................... to be loathsome            
molestar ................... to be bother                 
disgustar .................. to hate a something     
parecer .................... to appear to be
doler (o:ue) .............. to be painful
picar ........................ to itch
encantar .................. to “love” something
quedar ..................... to be left over, remain
faltar ........................ to be lacking something   

Monday, April 2, 2012

Spanish Test

Students,

We will have a Spanish quiz on Wednesday April 4 and Thursday April 5th.

The test will include
-Subject Pronouns

SINGULAR
yo ............................ I
tú ............................. you (familiar)
él ............................. he
ella ........................... she
usted ....................... you (formal)
PLURAL
nosotros ................... we (masculine or mixed gender)
nosotras ................... we (feminine)
vosotros ................... you-all (familiar, Spain, masculine or mixed gender)
vosotras ................... you-all (familiar, Spain, feminine)
ellos ......................... they (masculine or mixed gender)
ellas ......................... they (feminine)
ustedes .................... you-all (formal in Spain, formal and familiar in Latin America)

Verbo Gustar (to like)
You should know when to use - Gusta  and Gustan

You should know the order of the sentence composition when using "verbo gustar"
Prepositional phrase + negative word + indirect Object Pronouns + Verb + subject

You should know your Indirect Object Pronoun chart.

Good luck!

P.S. This is the first test of the quarter so please lets get it started on the right note!