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Authors: Margarita Madrigal

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D

1
2
¿ Por qué no vende (
Why don’t you sell?
)
la casa?
¿ Por qué no compra (
Why don’t you buy?
)
el fonógrafo?
¿ Por qué no va (
Why don’t you go?
)
un auto?
¿ Por qué no está (
Why aren’t you?
)
un refrigerador?
¿ Por qué no lee (
Why don’t you read?
)
a la fiesta?
¿ Por qué no toma (
Why don’t you take?
)
al cine?
¿ Por qué no escribe (
Why don’t you write?
)
contento?
 
listo?
 
el periódico?
 
la revista?
 
un taxi?
 
un avión?
 
la carta?
 
las frases?

E

1
2
Cuándo estuve (
When I was
)
en el hospital
Cuándo estuvo (
When you were
)
en Costa Rica
 
en México
 
en Cuba
 
enfermo
 
en California
 
en Buenos Aires
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. I had a cold last week.
  2. I had a party last night.
  3. I had an appointment this afternoon.
  4. I had company on Saturday.
  5. Did you have a party last night?
  6. Did you have an interesting conversation?
  7. Did you have company last night?
  8. I was in Cuba last summer.
  9. I was busy this afternoon.
  10. I was at (in) the office this afternoon.
  11. I was at home last night.
  12. I was sick in the hospital.
  13. Were you at home this morning?
  14. Were you busy at (in) the office?
  15. Were you in France in the spring?
  16. I had to study a lot.
  17. I had to work yesterday.
  18. I had to walk to the office.
  19. I had to read the book.
  20. Why don’t you sell the house?
  21. Why don’t you buy a car?
  22. Why don’t you go to the movies?
  23. Why aren’t you happy?
  24. Why don’t you read the newspaper?
  25. Why don’t you take a plane?

Check your sentences with the correct translations below.

  1. Tuve catarro la semana pasada.
  2. Tuve una fiesta anoche.
  3. Tuve una cita esta tarde.
  4. Tuve visitas el sábado.
  5. ¿ Tuvo una fiesta anoche?
  6. ¿ Tuvo una conversación interesante?
  7. ¿ Tuvo visitas anoche?
  8. Estuve en Cuba el verano pasado.
  9. Estuve ocupado (ocupada) esta tarde.
  10. Estuve en el despacho esta tarde.
  11. Estuve en casa anoche.
  12. Estuve enfermo (enferma) en el hospital.
  13. ¿ Estuvo en casa esta mañana?
  14. ¿ Estuvo ocupado (ocupada) en el despacho?
  15. ¿ Estuvo en Francia en la primavera?
  16. Tuve que estudiar mucho.
  17. Tuve que trabajar ayer.
  18. Tuve que caminar al despacho.
  19. Tuve que leer el libro.
  20. ¿ Por qué no vende la casa?
  21. ¿ Por qué no compra un auto?
  22. ¿ Por qué no va al cine?
  23. ¿ Por qué no está contento (contenta)?
  24. ¿ Por qué no lee el periódico?
  25. ¿ Por qué no toma un avión?

At the beginning of this lesson there is a list of
nouns that are identical to the first person present of the verb. There are other nouns that are identical to the third person present of their corresponding “ar” verbs. These are all feminine since they end in “a.”

Say these aloud, stressing firmly the heavy type letters in the Spanish words.

INFINITIVES
THIRD PERSON PRESENT
NOUNS
not
a
r
n
o
ta,
he notices
la n
o
ta,
the note
dud
a
r
d
u
da,
he doubts
la d
u
da,
the doubt
envidi
a
r
env
i
dia,
he envies
la env
i
dia,
the envy
firm
a
r
f
i
rma,
he signs
la f
i
rma,
the signature
visit
a
r
vis
i
ta,
he visits
la vis
i
ta,
the visit, the visitor
renunci
a
r
ren
u
ncia,
he resigns
la ren
u
ncia,
the resignation
pregunt
a
r
preg
u
nta,
he asks
la preg
u
nta,
the question
copi
a
r
c
o
pia,
he copies
la c
o
pia,
the copy
culp
a
r
c
u
lpa,
he blames
la c
u
lpa,
the blame
compr
a
r
c
o
mpra,
he buys
la c
o
mpra,
the purchase
carg
a
r
c
a
rga,
he loads
la c
a
rga,
the cargo
caus
a
r
c
a
usa,
he causes
la c
a
usa,
the cause
fabric
a
r
fabr
i
ca,
he manufactures
la f
á
brica,
the factory
critic
a
r
crit
i
ca,
he criticizes, reviews
la cr
í
tica,
the review
(play)

Notice that “fábrica” and “crítica” have written accents on the first syllable and therefore are slightly irregular.

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