Referring to the past antes era en el pasado ya desde hace en octubre hace dos años el año pasado por la tarde el verano pasado por la mañana el mes pasado por la noche cuando tenía ocho años recientemente el sábado pasado
before it was in the past already since in October two years ago last year in the afternoon last Summer in the morning last month in the evening when I was 8 years old recently last Saturday
Referring to the future pasado mañana el próximo día quisiera / le gustaría en el futuro la semana que viene el año que viene
the day after tomorrow the next day he/she would like in the future next week next year
Time markers for sequencing para empezar to start with antes de nada first of all al principio in the beginning entonces then luego next más tarde later pero ahora but now en seguida immediately al final in the end finalmente finally como ya he dicho as I said después after that hoy today pronto soon un día one day
Coursework 2.2 Account of a holiday
Verb forms INFINITIVE bailar to dance beber to drink comer to eat comprar to buy empezar to begin escribir to write escuchar to listen (to) gastar to spend (money) hacer to do / make hacerse to become ir to go jugar to play mirar to watch odiar to hate pasar to spend (time) poder to be able preferir to prefer quedarse to stay / remain salir to leave ser to be tener to have tomar to take ver to see viajar to travel visitar to visit volver to return / go back
PRETERITE bailé I danced bebí I drank comí I ate compré I bought empecé I begun escribí I wrote escuché I listened (to) gasté I spent (money) hice I did/made me hice I became fui I went jugué I played miré I watched odié I hated pasé I spent (time) pude I could preferí I preferred me quedé I stayed/remained salí I left fui I was tuve I had tomé I took vi I saw viajé I travelled visité I visited volví I returned
Describing the area and accommodation es no es son está están hay no hay tiene tienen
it is it isn’t they are it is located / situated they are located / situated there is / there are there isn’t / there aren’t it has they have
era no era eran estaba estaban había tenía tenían
it was it wasn’t they were it was located / situated they were located / situated there was / there were it had they had
será estará habrá tendrá
it will it will there it will
SER = to be (description) ESTAR = to be (location) TENER = to have HAY there is / there are
be be located / situated will be have
Days, dates and times lunes martes miércoles jueves viernes sábado domingo
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
el cinco de junio the 5th of June el dieciocho de agosto the 18th of August desde el dos hasta el diez de mayo from 2nd May to 10th May a a a a
las diez las seis y cuarto las diez y media la una menos cuarto
at 10 o’clock at 6.15 at 10.30 at 12.45
Quantities mucho/a/os/as algunos/as una gran cantidad de todo cada un poco de
a lot of / many demasiado a few varios/as a large number of all each a bit of
too much several