Word Study & Semantics

• Parts of speech & inflections for change of function (zapato, zapatero)
• Diminutives, augmentatives, superlatives (ito, ón, ote, ísimo)
• Inflections & agreement (concordancia) (subject-verb, adjectives, possessives)
• Enclisis (combining two classes of words) (cualquier, démelo)
• Contractions (conjunción) & shortened forms of words (apócope)
• Compound words (abrelata, tumbaburros)
• Demonstrative adjectives & pronouns
• Use of definite article vs. possessive pronouns with body parts & personal items

Jill Kerper Mora
San Diego State University

Sentence Level Grammar & Syntax

• Syntactic signals & changes in different sentence types (questions, negations, commands)
• Question words (qué, quién, cuándo, dónde & prepositions, cuánto) & word order for question formation
• Sentence structure for comparison & superlatives
• Pronoun positions for declarative, negation, commands & pronoun enclisis & word order with commands (démelo, háblele)
• Use of the personal a with direct objects
• Meaning-base syntax & sentence structure peculiar to Spanish with verb gustar & use of passive se

Verb Formation & Usage

• Verb conjugation & endings-present tense
• Use of subject pronouns & embedded subjects (yo hablo, nosotros hablamos vs. hablo, hablamos, etc.)
• Contrast & meaning of ser & estar
• Contrast & meaning of preterite vs. imperfect past tenses
• Compound verbs with estar with gerund
• Compound verbs with haber with past participle
• Formation & uses of the subjunctive mood
• Formal & informal usages & forms of address