unit 6 vocab builder 1
  • goospanish August 2014
    1.Where is the post office?    ¿Donde está el correo?
    2. It's two blocks from here.    Está a dos cuadras aquí
    3 .Continue straight    Continúa recto.
    4.Turn right    Gira a la derechas
    5.Turn left    Gira a la izuierda
     6.Stop at the traffic light    Para en la semaforo
    7. What street are you looking for?    ¿Qué calle buscas?
     8 Which street is the main avenue?    ¿Cuál es la avenida principal?
    9. In what supernarket do you shop?    ¿En qué supermercado compras?

    not letting me highlight.   why  a  before  dos  in  2.
    1.  uses  estar    and  8.  uses  ser
    Would it be  ¿Cuál es  edificio el correo ?   Which building is the post office?
    gira   is from verb    girar  to turn     

    Where in "stop" in number 6    guess it this verb  parar   or  cesar

    commands----- Not a command  but seems like it could be. You are telling them what to do

  • Carmen2013 August 2014
    Hola, G:

    This are my answers:

    - This is a "particular" expression that we use to express DISTANCE (space and time):
    ESTAR A 2 millas/3 horas...

    - ESTÁ a dos cuadras: We use estar for LOCATION
    - ES la avenida principal: We use ser for definitions, explanations of what something is

    - Which building is the post office? ¿Qué edificion es la oficina de correos?

    - to STOP: parar

    - gira/continúa/para... these are commands

    Saludos,

    C.


  • goospanish August 2014
    The book does not go into commands.   the tape CD actually  shows my age talking about tape.    Unfortuately uses the spanish letters (name of) which makes a tad difficult for me to understand.   Tells how to make commands for informal and formal.
    girar--- to turn
    in present is
    yo giro
    tu giras
    el ect  gira
    nos   giramos
    vos  girais  (maybe)
    ellos ect   giran
    intersting in turn  in  english the  dictionary  does not give girar as a verb   edited by
    Salvatore Ramondino    very thick... will look again... OK  under  vi  it does and a vi  verb does not if I remember right does not have direct object.

    So it seems to me they talk about commands in English and then tell letters in Spanish

    So  gira   looks like with no more information looks like he she it  turns in present
    So look up now conjugation of commands  for  ar verbs

    By now, you are well acquainted with the fact that Spanish has both a
    formal and an informal style of speech (tú / Ud.). This distinction
    applies to commands.




    Compre Ud. el anillo.

    Buy the ring. (formal)



    Compra (tú) los dulces.

    Buy the candy. (familiar)


    So the lessons are using I think  tu commands  and I was confused with  third person singluar....  I'm sure you know how to conjugated it all so no need to post it here.
    you is Carmen and Chili

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