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Spanish Super Review, 2nd Ed. - The Editors of REA
Glossary
CHAPTER 1
Alphabet and Sounds
1.1 The Alphabet
Spanish uses the same Latin alphabet as English except for the addition of four letters:
1.2 Consonants
(This pronunciation guide follows Latin American usage. In Castilian Spanish the soft c
and the z
are pronounced like th
in thin.
)
1.3 Vowels
The sounds of the Spanish vowels are invariable.
1.3.1 Diphthongs
A combination of one strong (a, e, o) and one weak vowel (i, u) or of two weak ones is a diphthong and counts as one syllable:
1.4 Stress and Accent Marks
There are two basic rules that indicate stress in Spanish. If either of these two rules is broken, a written accent mark will appear over the word.
a. If a word ends in a vowel, -n, or -s, the normal stress is on the penultimate (next to last) syllable.
esposa (over the o)
clase (over the a)
crimen (over the i)
b. If a word ends in any other letter (than those mentioned above), the normal stress will fall on the last syllable.
hablar (over the second a)
papel (over the e)
nivel (over the e)
c. Some one-syllable words will be accented according to their grammatical functions.
mi (possessive adjective) vs. mí (prepositional pronoun)
mas (but—conjunction) vs. más (more—adverb)
si (if) vs. sí (yes)
se (reflexive pronoun) vs. sé (I know—verb)
tu (possessive adjective) vs. tú (subject pronoun)
el (article) vs. él (subject pronoun)
One-syllable words may or may not have written accents depending on their grammatical functions: sí (affirmative pronoun, yes
)/si (conjunction, if
); dé (verb)/de (preposition); él (pronoun)/el (article); tú (pronoun, you
)/tu (possessive adjective, your
).
1.5 Syllabic Division
• A consonant between two vowels joins the second vowel to form a syllable: li-te-ra-tu-ra, e-ne-mi-go, a-ho-ra;
• two consonants together must be separated: cuer-no, pac-to;
• "ch," "ll," and "rr" are considered one letter and are not separated;
• "l" and "r" preceded by "b," "c," "d," "f," "g," "p," or "t" are not separated: ha-blar, a-brup-to, te-cla, pul-cri-tud, me-lo-dra-ma, in-flu-yo, a-gra-de-cer;
• "ns" and "bs" are not separated in groups of three or four consonants: ins-cri-bir, obs-tá-cu-lo;
• in words formed with prefixes, the prefix stands alone as one syllable: sub-ra-yar; in-ú-til, des-a-gra-dar.
Problem Solving Examples:
Select the correct word forms:
A (mi/mí) me gusta (mas/más) (mi/mí) idea que la suya.
(Si/Sí) quiere ir con ellos, es mejor que les diga que (si/sí).
Yo no (se/sé) lo que (tu/tú) quieres hacer con (tu/tú) vida.
Ella no esperaba que (el/él) le regalase (el/él) reloj a ella.
mí, más, mi; Si, sí; sé, tú, tu; él, el.
I like my idea better than his/hers/yours/theirs.
If he wants to go with them, it’s better to tell them yes.
I don’t know what you want to do with your life.
She wasn’t expecting that he would give her the watch.
Mí with an accent mark is a prepositional pronoun. Mi without an accent mark is a possessive adjective. Más is the correct response because the accent mark signifies the adverb meaning more.
Si with no accent mark means if,
but sí with an accent mark means yes.
The first person singular form of saber is sé and means I know.
Tú with an accent mark is the informal subject pronoun you.
Tu without an accent mark is a possessive adjective. El without an accent mark is simply a masculine article, while él with an accent mark is the subject pronoun that means he.
Underline the stressed syllables and then add the written accents:
A Pedro le gusta mucho el cafe de esta cafeteria pero no le gusta el pastel que esta comiendo ahora. Prefiere los bocadillos de jamon.
A Pedro le gusta mucho el café de esta cafetería pero no le gusta el pastel que está comiendo ahora. Prefiere los bocadillos de jamón.
Pedro likes the coffee from this cafeteria but he doesn’t like the pastry he’s eating now. He prefers the ham sandwiches.
A word ending in a vowel, -n, or -s stressed in the last syllable will receive a written accent (ca-fé, es-tá, ja-món) because it has broken rule a in Section 1.4. Also, when a weak vowel and a strong vowel go together and the weak vowel (i, u) needs to be stressed, it will have a written accent, regardless of the position it has in the word (for example: ca-fe-te-rí-a).
CHAPTER 2
Articles
2.1 Forms of the Definite Article
The forms of the definite article are:
2.1.1 Masculine Article with Feminine Nouns
El is used instead of la before feminine nouns beginning with stressed "a or
ha": el agua, el hacha, el alma, el hambre.
2.1.2 Contractions
El contracts to al when the article follows the preposition a (a + el) and to del when the article follows the preposition de (de + el).
2.2 Uses of the Definite Article
The definite article is used in Spanish (but not in English):
• when the noun represents an abstraction: life is short; time is money; freedom is worth fighting for; politics is a practical art. (In Spanish: la vida, el tiempo, la libertad, la política.)
• when the noun includes the totality of a category: books are good; man is mortal; the Incas were acquainted with gold; bread is a staple. (In Spanish: los libros, el hombre, el oro, el pan);
• with the days of the week (except after a form of the verb ser) and the seasons of the year: el lunes (but hoy es lunes); la primavera, el otoño;
• with the hours of the day: son las tres de la tarde; a las doce del día (or al mediodía);
• with personal or professional forms of address in the third person: el señor Jiménez, la señorita Méndez, el doctor Márquez, el licenciado Vidriera. (It is omitted when the individual is directly addressed and in front of titles such as Don, Doña, San, or Santo[a]: venga, señor Jiménez; no se preocupe, señorita Méndez);
• with the parts of the body or articles of clothing instead of the possessive adjective: I brushed my teeth. Me cepillé los dientes. I put on my shirt. Me puse la camisa;
• with the names of languages except after the prepositions en and de and the verb hablar: el francés es difícil (but no hablo francés; ese texto está en francés).
2.3 The Neuter Article Lo
The neuter article is neither feminine nor masculine. In Spanish this is expressed by lo (which can also be used as the masculine direct object). However, as the neuter article, it remains invariable exclusively in the singular and is used as follows:
a. lo + adjective = part/thing
b. lo = adj/adv + que = how
Tú no sabes lo importante que es.
You don’t know how important it is.
Ella no entiende lo cansadas que estamos.
She doesn’t know how tired we are.
2.4 Forms of the Indefinite Article
The indefinite article must agree in gender and number with the noun it modifies. Its forms are the following:
• un perro—a dog
• unos perros—some dogs
Note that feminine nouns beginning with a stressed a
or ha
take