Spanish/The household

Chapter 13 (The Household)

Location

• cerca - close, near
• lejos - far
• vivir - to live

Rooms in a house

• apartamento - apartment
• baño - bathroom
• cocina - kitchen
• comedor - dining room
• cuarto - room
• despacho - home office
• escalera - stairway
• garaje - garage
• piso - story, floor
• planta baja - first floor
• primer piso - second floor
• sala - living room
• segundo piso - third floor
• sótano - basement

Chores

• arreglar el cuarto - to straighten up the room
• ayudar - to help
• cocinar - to cook
• cortar el césped - to cut the lawn
• dar - to give
• dar de comer al perro - to feed the dog
• hacer la cama - to make the bed
• lavar - to wash
• limpiar el baño - to clean the bathroom
• pasar la aspiradora - to vaccum
• poner - to put, place
• pongo - I place
• pones - you place (singular)
• poner la mesa - to set the table
• quehaceres - chores
• quitar el polvo - to dust
• sacar la basura - to take out the trash

Note: The first person conjugation for dar is doy.

Clean or dirty

• limpio(a) - clean
• sucio(a) - dirty

Other words

• bastante - enough
• ¿Cúales? - Which? (plural)
• dinero - money
• un momento - a moment

Useful expressions

• ¿Qué estás haciendo? - What are you doing?
• recibir - to receive
• si - if, whether

Affirmative tú commands

In Spanish, their are two ways to tell someone to do something, the tú form is used in the same way the word is used, with friends, family, younger people, and people you know. The tú commands use the Ud./él/ella conjugations. Below is the list of ending for the affirmative tú commands, the same as the Ud./él/ella conjugations.

-ar: -a

-er: -e

-ir: -e

Examples:

• habla - talk
• lee - read
• escribe - write

There are also two irregular affrimative tú command conjugations for these words:

• hacer - to do, to make
• poner - to put, place

Their conjugations for affrimative tú commands are:

• haz - do
• pon - put

Note: The first person conjugation for dar is doy.

Present progressive tense

The present progressive tense tells what is happening right now, and when conjugated in Spanish, the equivalent in English is -ing. Below is the list of conjugations for the present progressive tense in Spanish:

-ar: -ando

-er: -iendo

-ir: -iendo

Examples:

• lavando - washing
• comiendo - eating
• escribiendo - writing

There is one irregular present progressive conjugation in Spanish, leer.

• leyando - reading

Etc.

• coche - car

Note: In the United States and in northern Mexico, carro is usually used side-by-side with coche.

Vocabulario adicional

• balcón - balcony
• estufa - stove
• jardín - garden
• lavadero - laundry room
• lavadora - washing machine
• lavaplatos - dishwasher
• muebles - furniture
• patio - patio
• refrigerador - refrigerador
• secadora - clothes dryer
• sillón - armchair
• sofá - sofa
• tocador - dressing table
• quitar - to remove
• quitar la nieve con la pala - to shovel snow
• quitar los platos de la mesa - to clear the table
• rastrillar las hojas - to rake leaves