Madrigals Magic Key to Spanish (72 page)
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Authors: Margarita Madrigal
Tags: #Reference, #Language Arts & Disciplines
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.
- We visit my cousin often (with frequence).
- We understand the lesson very well.
- We write many letters in the office.
- We live in a house in the country.
- We have coffee in the office.
- We have lunch at one o’clock.
- We have breakfast at eight o’clock.
- We have dinner at seven o’clock.
- The students speak very well.
- The women carry baskets.
- My cousins live in Costa Rica.
- My friends work in the bank.
- The secretaries write many letters.
- Charles and Robert understand the lesson.
- Mary and Alice prepare dinner.
Check your sentences with the correct translations below.
- Visitamos a mi primo con frecuencia.
- Comprendemos la lección muy bien.
- Escribimos muchas cartas en el despacho.
- Vivimos en una casa en el campo.
- Tomamos café en el despacho.
- Tomamos el almuerzo a la una.
- Tomamos el desayuno a las ocho.
- Tomamos la cena a las siete.
- Los estudiantes hablan muy bien.
- Las mujeres llevan canastas.
- Mis primos viven en Costa Rica.
- Mis amigos trabajan en el banco.
- Las secretarias escriben muchas cartas.
- Carlos y Roberto comprenden la lección.
- María y Alicia preparan la cena.
N
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I: Remember that if a noun is feminine it is followed by a feminine adjective and if a noun is masculine it is followed by a masculine adjective. Boys don’t mix with girls grammatically as they do in real life.
Plural nouns are followed by plural adjectives. In other words, adjectives must agree with nouns in number and gender.
| MASCULINE SINGULAR | FEMININE SINGULAR |
| el sombrero bonito | la blusa bonita |
| el mercado pintoresco | la casa blanca |
| el hombre guapo | la mujer generosa |
| MASCULINE PLURAL | FEMININE PLURAL |
| los sombreros bonitos | las blusas bonitas |
| los mercados pintorescos | las casas blancas |
| los hombres guapos | las mujeres generosas |
N
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II: The letters MOS and N are very important in Spanish because they form the plural of verbs.
| THIRD MAN SINGULAR | THIRD MAN PLURAL | |
 habla | plus the letter N | = hablan |
| vende | plus the letter N | =venden |
| compra | plus the letter N | =compran |
| vota | plus the letter N | =votan |
| va ( you go ) | plus the letter N | =van ( they go ) |
| está ( you are ) | plus the letter N | =están ( they are ) |
