This document provides a table of contents and overview of various Spanish grammar topics including stem changing verbs, indirect object pronouns, pronoun placement, gustar, affirmative and negative words, superlatives, reflexives, affirmative and negative commands, irregular verbs, and sequencing events in Spanish. The document explains key concepts for each grammar topic in 1-3 sentences and provides examples to illustrate usage.
5. Indirect Object Pronouns
Singular Plural
Me Nos
me us
Te Os
familiar you familiar you
Le Les
formal you, him/her you, them
6. Pronoun Placement
Affirmative Command
When using an object pronoun, attach the pronoun to the end of the
command.
Cruza el parque > ¡Crúzalo!
Negative Command
Object pronouns precede the verbs in negative commands, just as with
other conjugated verbs.
¡No lo uses! > Don’t use it
Indirect Object Pronouns/ Direct Object Pronouns can go in four
places:
Before conjugated verb
Attach to an infinitive
Attach to a gerrund
7. Gustar
Singular Plural
Me gusta… Me gustan…
Te gusta… Te gustan…
Le gusta… Le gustan…
Nos gusta… Nos gustan…
Os gusta… Os gustan…
Les gusta… Les gustan…
8. Affirmative and Negative
Words
Affirmative Words Negative Words
algo nada
something nothing
alguien nadie
someone no one
algún/alguno(a) ningún/ninguno(a)
some none, not any
siempre nunca
always never
también tampoco
also neither, either
9. Superlatives
To express extremes with most adjectives, drop
the final vowel and add the ending –ísimo(a).
The adjective must agree in gender and number
with the noun it modifies.
c>qu rico(a)>riquísimo(a)
g>gu largo(a)>larguísimao(a)
z>c feliz>felicísimo(a)
La idea de Guillermina es interesantisima.
Guillermina’s idea is very interesting.
10. Reflexives
Reflexive pronouns are used with reflexive verbs
to indicate that the subject of the sentence
receives the action of the verb.
Me lavo Nos lavamos
Te lavas Os lavaís
Se lava Se lavan
When there is no reflexive pronoun, the person
doing the action does not receive the action.
Pepa se lava. Pepa lava el carro.
Pepa washes herself. Pepa washes the car.
11. Affirmative Commands
Give instructions or commands to someone by
using the affirmative tú commands of regular
verbs.
Caminar: ¡Camina!
¡Camina en el parque!
Comer: ¡Come!
¡Come toda la hamburguesa!
Abrir: ¡Abre!
¡Abre la puerta, quiero entrar!
Drop the ‘s’
12. Negative Commands
When you tell someone what not to do, you use a
negative command.
They are formed by
Hablo < -es for –ar verbs
¡No hables!
Vuelvo < -as for -er and –ir verbs
¡No vuelvas!
Taking the yo form of the present tense
Dropping the -o
Adding the appropriate ending and adding ‘s’
ar>e
ir, er>a
13. Irregulars
Affirmative Negative
Infinitive Command Infinitive (yo form) Command
decir di tener (tengo) No
hacer haz tengas
ir ve venir (veno) No venas
poner pon dar (doy) No dé/digas
salir sal ir (voy) No vayas
ser sé ser (soy) No seas
tener ten hacer (hago) No
hagas
venir ven
estar (estoy) No
estés
saber (sepo) No
14. Sequencing Events
Primero First
Entonces Then
Segundo Second
Luego/Después Then/After
Por Fin Finally
Antes de/Después de Before/After
Por la maňana/tarde/noche In the
morning/afternoon/night