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examples: ''A mí me'' importan mucho los efectos especiales en una película. </br> ''A Juana le'' fascinan las películas de acción.
examples: ''A mí me'' importan mucho los efectos especiales en una película. </br> ''A Juana le'' fascinan las películas de acción.
===Present perfect tense===
The present perfect tense is used to say what a person ''has done''. To form the present present tense, use the present-tense forms of ''haber'' + the past participle.
*'''he estudiado''' - I have studied
*'''has estudiado''' - you have studied (singular)
*'''ha estudiado''' - he/she has studied
*'''hemos estudiado''' - we have studied
*'''habéis estudiado''' - you have studied (plural)
*'''han estudiado''' - they have studied
example: Recientemente ''hemos alquilado'' muchos películas.
Verbs that have two vowels together in the infinitive like ''caer'', ''oír'', ''leer'', and ''traer'' have an accent on the ''í'' of the past participle.
When you use object or reflexive pronouns with the present perfect, the pronoun goes immediately before the form of ''haber''.

Revision as of 23:46, 26 April 2009

Chapter 12 (Movies)

Movies

  • alquilar - to rent
  • amor - love
  • arrestar - to arrest
  • capturar - to capture
  • crimen - crime
  • criminal - criminal
  • crítico(a) - critic
  • detective - detective
  • enamorarse - to fall in love
  • enamorado(a) de - in love with
  • estrella - star
  • extraterrestre - alien
  • fascinar - to fascinate
  • fracaso - failure
  • galán - leading man
  • he visto - I have seen
  • has visto - you have seen
  • ladrón, ladrona - thief
  • matar - to kill
  • película de acción - action film
  • ¿Qué tal es...? - How is...?
  • recomendar - to recommend
  • robar - to rob , to steal
  • será - he/she/it will be
  • tener éxito - to succeed, to be successful
  • tratar de - to be about
  • víctima - victim
  • violencia - violence

Note: Criminal, detective, and extraterrestre are either masculine or feminine nouns. Recomendar has a stem-change of e to ie.

Making movies

  • actuación - acting
  • argumento - plot
  • dirección - direction
  • director, directora - director
  • efectos especiales - special effects
  • escena - scene
  • estar basado(a) - to be based on
  • papel - role
  • hacer el papel de - to play the role of
  • personaje principal - main character

Other words

  • no...todavía - not yet

Indirect object pronouns

Verbs like aburrir, doler, encantar, fascinar, gustar, importar, and molestar are verbs that use indirect object pronouns. These verbs all use the structure: indrect object pronoun + verb + subject.

examples: Les encantan los efectos especiales en la película.
Nos aburre mucho esa película.

A + a noun or pronoun is often used with the verbs above for emphasis or clarification. The pronouns must agree with and clarify the indirect object pronoun.

  • me - me
  • te - you (singular)
  • le - him, her, you (formal)
  • nos - we
  • os - you (plural)
  • les - them, you (formal/plural)

examples: A mí me importan mucho los efectos especiales en una película.
A Juana le fascinan las películas de acción.

Present perfect tense

The present perfect tense is used to say what a person has done. To form the present present tense, use the present-tense forms of haber + the past participle.

  • he estudiado - I have studied
  • has estudiado - you have studied (singular)
  • ha estudiado - he/she has studied
  • hemos estudiado - we have studied
  • habéis estudiado - you have studied (plural)
  • han estudiado - they have studied

example: Recientemente hemos alquilado muchos películas.

Verbs that have two vowels together in the infinitive like caer, oír, leer, and traer have an accent on the í of the past participle.

When you use object or reflexive pronouns with the present perfect, the pronoun goes immediately before the form of haber.