Grammar
Beginner - Grammar - Unit 1
El verbo
Forma positiva (afirmativa):
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| I am |
Yo soy |
Yo estoy |
| You are |
Tú eres |
Tú estás |
| He / she / it is |
Él/ella es |
Él/ella está |
| We are |
Nosotros somos |
Nosotros estamos |
| You are |
Vosotros sois |
Vosotros estáis |
| They are |
Ellos son |
Ellos están |
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Ej. I am a student. You are a teacher. She is a manager. They are soldiers. We are clerks.
Formación de interrogantes:
(las preguntas se forman intercambiando la posición del verbo y del sujeto)
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| Am I? |
¿Soy? |
¿Estoy? |
| Are you? |
¿Eres? |
¿Estás? |
| Is he / she / it? |
¿Es? |
¿Está? |
| Are we? |
¿Somos? |
¿Estamos? |
| Are you? |
¿Sois? |
¿Estáis? |
| Are they? |
¿Son? |
¿Están? |
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Ej. Am I a student? Are you a teacher? Is she a manager? Are they soldiers? Are we clerks?
Formación del negativo
(la negación se forma agregando la palabra "not")
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| I am not |
No soy |
No estoy |
| You are not |
No eres |
No estás |
| He / she / it is not |
No es |
No está |
| We are not |
No somos |
No estamos |
| You are not |
No sois |
No estáis |
| They are not |
No son |
No están |
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Ej. I am not a student. You are not a teacher. She is not a manager. They are not soldiers. We are not clerks.
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En el lenguaje informal y cotidiano se utilizan abreviaciones. |
Abreviaciones:
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| I am |
= |
I'm |
(I'm a boy.) |
| You are |
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You're |
(You're from Poland.) |
| He is |
= |
He's |
(He's a policeman.) |
| She is |
= |
She's |
(She's guilty.) |
| It is |
= |
It's |
(It's an egg.) |
| We are |
= |
We're |
(We're from the USA.) |
| You are |
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You're |
(You're too fast for me.) |
| They are |
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They're |
(They're from Poland.) |
| I am not |
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I'm not |
(I'm not a student.) |
| You are not |
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You aren't |
(You aren't from Poland.) |
| He is not |
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He isn't |
(He isn't a policeman.) |
| She is not |
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She isn't |
(She isn't guilty.) |
| It is not |
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It isn't |
(It isn't my car.) |
| We are not |
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We aren't |
(We aren't from the USA.) |
| You are not |
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You aren't |
(You aren't my parents.) |
| They are not |
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They aren't |
(They aren't black.) |
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Algunas abreviaciones tienen dos formas:
She isn't o She's not
Ambas formas son correctas y regularmente usadas. |
Se usa el artículo indefinido "a / an" antes de cualquier sustantivo que cumpla estas condiciones:
- Cuando hay sólo uno
Ej. a boy, a car, a flat (pero en plural: boys, cars, flats)
- Cuando son contables
Ej. a girl, a year, an apple (pero: water, salt, coffee, tea - porque estos sustantivos son incontables)
- Aparecen en la forma contable cuando son usados por primera vez y el interlocutor no los conoce.
Cuándo se usa "a" y cuándo "an"?
Esta es una pregunta importante. Las dos palabras significan lo mismo, pero:
La palabra "a" se utiliza antes de sustantivos que comienzan con una consonante
sonora
(Ej. a university, a girl, a dog),
Mientras que "an" se utiliza antes de sustantivos que comienzan con una vocal
sonora
(Ej. an elephant, an hour).
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¡Recuerda que las palabras en inglés a menudo se escriben de una forma, pero se pronuncian de otra! |