2. Index Verbs + Infinitive 3-11 Acabar de + Infinitive 5-8 Volver a + Infinitive 9-11 Time Expressions with “Hacer” 12-23 Hacer - concept “how long” 13-18 Hacer- concept “ago” 19-22
3. Verb + Infinitive in Spanish, many useful expressions are formed by combining two verbs. the first verb is conjugated, while the second verb remains in the infinitive form.
4. Verb + Infinitive Yovoy a viajar a España. (ir)I am going to travel to Spain. Túacabas de comer. (acabar)You have just eaten. Juan puedenadarcadadía. (poder)Juan can swim every day. Maríavuelve a leer el libro. (volver)María reads the book again.
5. Acabar de + Infinitive One such expression combines the verb acabar(conjugated) with an infinitive. The preposition "de" is always used.
6. Acabar de + Infinitive to have just done something (in the very recent past)
7. Acabar de + Infinitive Nosotrosacabamos de leer el libro.We just read the book. Vosotrosacabáis de escribirunascartas.You-all havejustwritten some letters. Ellosacaban de nadar en el mar.They havejustswum in the ocean.
8. Acabar de + Infinitive Acabo dellevar a mi hermana a su casa.I justtook my sister to her house. Acabas de invitara muchasmuchachas.You havejustinvited many girls. Cristina acaba de conversar con mi mamá.Christina hasjustspoken with my mom.
9. Volver a + Infinitive Another expression combines the verb volver(conjugated) with an infinitive. The preposition “a" is always used.
10. Volver a + Infinitive to do something again (past, present and future)
11. Volver a + Infinitive Vuelvo a leer el libro.I read the book again. Cristina havueltoa conversar con mi mamá.Christina has spokenwith my mom again. Ayer, volvióanievar. Yesterday, it snowedagain. Mañana, volveráallover Tomorrow it will rain again.
12. Time expressions with “HACER” “HACER" can be used to indicate: 1 – “how long” you have been doing something. 2 - The concept of "ago."
13. Time expressions with “HACER” ”how long” you have been doing something”
14. Time expressions with “HACER” Hace dos añosqueestudioespañol. I have been studying Spanish for two years.
16. Time expressions with “HACER” Hacecincoañosqueellasestudianinglés. They have been studying English for five years. Hacetres años que no visitamosEspaña. We haven't visited Spain for three years.
17. Time expressions with “HACER” Another way to use the verb "hacer" to express the same thing: present + desdehace+ time
18. Time expressions with “HACER” Estudioespañoldesdehaceun año. I have been studying Spanish for one year. No estudioinglésdesdehacedos años. I haven't studied English for two years.
20. Time expressions with “HACER” Haceuna hora que se durmió. He fell asleep an hour ago.
21. Time expressions with “HACER” hace+time + que + preterit or preterit + hace+time
22. Time expressions with “HACER” Hace un año queestudiéespañol. I studiedSpanishoneyear ago. Estudiéespañolhaceun año. I studied Spanish one year ago.
23. Time expressions with “HACER” The time expression must be specific amount of time: hours weeks days months years etc You cannot use time adverbs such as "yesterday" or "this morning".
