La Capital (Capital City) | El País (Country) |
América del Norte, Norteamérica (North America) | |
México, D.F. (Distrito Federal) | México |
América Central (Central America) | |
Guatemala de la Asunción | Guatemala |
Tegucigalpa | Honduras |
San Salvador | El Salvador |
Managua | Nicaragua |
San José | Costa Rica |
Ciudad de Panamá | Panamá |
El Caribe (Caribbean) | |
San Juan | Puerto Rico |
Santo Domingo | La República Dominicana |
La Habana | Cuba |
América del Sur, Suramérica, América del Sud, Sudamérica (South America) | |
Bogotá | Colombia |
Caracas | Venezuela |
Quito | Ecuador |
Lima | Perú |
La Paz | Bolivia (Admin.) |
Sucre | Bolivia (Constit.) |
Asunción | Paraguay |
Montevideo | Uruguay |
Buenos Aires | Argentina |
Santiago | Chile |
África (Africa) | |
Malabo | República de Guinea Ecuatorial |
Europa (Europe) | |
Madrid | España |
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Spanish-Speaking World Capitals
Here are the Spanish-speaking countries as well as their capitals. A good solid foundation of geography can expand your knowledge of the Spanish language indirectly!
Friday, August 24, 2012
The Pluperfect Tense
The "imperfect" perfect tense is known in grammar circles as the pluperfect tense. They denote "had ". They are frequently used along with ya (already). The conjugation is as follows:
Use them along with past participles, such as the following:
- yo había
- tú habias
- él, ella, Ud. había
- nosotros habíamos
- vosotros habíais
- ellos, ellas, Uds. habían
Use them along with past participles, such as the following:
Cuando Juan llegó a mi casa, ya había hecho un pastel. When Juan got to my house, I had already made the cake.
Ya me había ido cuando tú veniste. I had already left when you came.
Nos habíamos sentado cuando la película empezó. We had sat down when the movie began.
Saturday, August 4, 2012
The Possessive Adjectives
Possessive adjectives (“my”, “your”, “his”, etc.) are encountered in lieu of the article (that is, they appear before the noun). Each possessive adjective is associated with its corresponding subject pronoun. With the exception of the nosotros and vosotros forms (1st and 2nd person plural, respectively), each possessive adjective only has two forms (singular and plural) and are not dependent on the noun’s gender:
Singular | Plural | |
1st Person | mi, mis | nuestro/-a, nuestros/-as |
2nd Person | tu, tus | vuestro/-a, vuestros/-as |
3rd Person | su, sus | su, sus |
Mi gato es negro. My cat is black.
Tus perros son amables. Your dogs are friendly.
Su suéter es de lana. His sweater is wool (made of wool).
Nuestra hija tiene quince años. Our daughter is 15 years old.
Nuestros hijos son gemelos. Our sons are twins.
¿Vuestro carro es rojo? Is your car red?
Su mamá mezcla los ingredientes. His/her/your/their mother mixes the ingredients.
Sus ejércitos cruzan el río. Their armies cross the river.
An important concept to remember here is the ambiguity of the third persons singular and plural. In these cases, it is important to remember that we could be referring to either “his”, “her”, “their”, “its”, or “your” (plural).
Also, the possessive adjectives are not dependent on the number of the subject. What this means is that if we for example are referring to several people as the subject, and we wanted to describe possession of a single object, we would still only use the singular possessive adjective (not the plural)!
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