Spanish Word Charts

Question

I know there are charts for articles or infinitives, but how many different charts are there?? Could you give me some examples of other charts there are?

If you want to know what I mean by charts, l show you:

él/ los la/las

or...

un /unos una /unas (Correct me if I'm wrong)

Thanks!

Answer 1

Hi again, llamalovers000. An infinitive is, of course, the base form of the verb (in English, plus the word to). That is, it’s unconjugated. It doesn’t pertain to any particular subject. To see. To read. In English, verbs are, for the most part, uninflected. I read. You read. He reads. You see? The third-person singular has an –s marker. That’s about it, besides some irregular forms in the past tense. Besides, of course, the big exception: To be conjugates as I am, you are, he is, she is, it is, etc.

Spanish doesn’t work like this. The way the verb ends tells you which person it is (first person, second person, or third person); whether it’s singular or plural; tense; mood; etc. So, to this end, for people studying Spanish, there is the need to learn the conjugations. The best example of an online conjugator is this one:

Online Verb Conjugator

So, you type in the infinitive form (the unconjugated form, or the equivalent of the “to” form, such as leer, abrir, hablar, etc.) and the chart shows you all of the different possibilities. This online conjugator is, I think, the best, because it includes the negative command forms. Most conjugators don’t.

The other part you’re referring to is articles. In English, they’re a, an, some, and the. And it’s not él with an accent, by the way, but el. Él means “he.”

How many different charts are there? Well, that depends. What are you considering, in total? The demonstratives? Object pronouns? Reflexive pronouns? I guess it depends on what categories you’re thinking about.

Thank you, I looked at it and it helped me a lot! - llamalovers000, Mar 12, 2013

You´re welcome. You can do it! I did. Ten years ago, I did not know what "hola" meant. - brian5764, Mar 13, 2013

Ten years ago, I didn't know how to talk! - llamalovers000, Mar 29, 2014

Answer 2

Never heard of the term charts for this, in any course or any language,for that matter. As such, I don´t know what you´re expecting to cover. If just articles, then you have it. Otherwise, it could be pretty much every noun, pronoun and adjective, which would be millions.