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Chapter 15 (At the Mall)
Types of stores
- almacén - department store
- en la Red - online
- joyería - jewelry store
- librería - bookstore
- tienda de descuentos - discount store
- tienda de electrodomésticos - household appliance store
- zapatería - shoe store
Accesories
- anillo - ring
- anteojos de sol - sunglasses
- aretes - earrings
- bolso - purse
- cadena - collar
- cartera - wallet
- collar - necklace
- corbata - tie
- guantes - gloves
- llavero - key chain
- perfume - perfume
- pulsera - bracelet
- reloj pulsera - watch
- software - software
- Note: In Argentina, billetera is used side-by-side with cartera, althogh this is falling out of usage rapidly among youth.
Relationships
- novio - boyfriend
- novia - girlfriend
Words at the mall
- barato(a) - cheap
- caro(a) - expensive
- mirar - to look
- pagar - to pay
- vender - to sell
To talk about the past
- anoche - last night
- año pasado - last year
- ayer - yesterday
- hace (+ time expression) - ago
- semana pasada - last week
Other words
- ¡Uf! - Ugh!, Yuck!
Preterite of -ar verbs
Preterite verbs talk about past actions. In Spanish, preterite verbs are conjugatied in the same manner as their endings. Below is the list of conjugation of preterite verbs of -ar verbs:
yo: -é
tú: -aste
Ud./él/ella: -ó
nosotros/nosotras: -amos
vosotros/vosotras: -asteis
Uds./ellos/ellas: -aron
Note that the nosotros(as) conjugate the same as the present.
Example conjugation, comprar:
- compré - I bought
- compraste - you bought (singular)
- compró - he/she brought
- compramos - we bought
- comprasteis - you bought (plural)
- compraron - they bought
Note: Usted and ustedes continue to be conjugated in 3rd person form when in preterite form.
Preterite of -car and -gar verbs
Verbs ending in -car and -gar have there own conjugations in the yo form. The conjugation is the same even if the verb has a stem change, such as jugar.
- busqué - I looked for
- pagué - I payed
- jugué - I played
Direct object pronouns
Direct object pronouns in English are "it" and "them." In Spanish, there are two ways to say these words.
- lo - it (masculine)
- la - it (feminine)
- los - them (masculine)
- las - them (feminine)
Note: Direct object pronouns are always placed before the verb it involves in a sentence.