Go to the Prado Museum in Spanish
Vocabulary
Let's start off with the vocab words in these lessons!
Adjective
Nouns
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| el abanico | fan |
| el clima | weather |
| el momento | moment |
| el Museo del Prado | Prado Museum |
| el Museo Reina Sofía | Reina Sofia Museum |
| la plaza Mayor | Main Square |
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Noun Phrase
The legendary bocadillo de calamares is a must-try if you are ever in Madrid! Like any bocadillo in Spain, this sandwich is served on French bread. The squid is lightly battered and fried.
Prepositional Phrases
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Verbs: Vosotros Command Forms
In this skill, you learn the command forms for the following verbs!
Affirmative Vosotros Commands
In Spain, affirmative vosotros commands are used to tell a group of people you are familiar with to do something.
In all other Spanish-speaking countries, we use ustedes commands in both informal and formal situations.
To form affirmative vosotros commands, replace the r at the end of the infinitive with a d.
Check out these examples.
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When using reflexive verbs, we typically attach the reflexive pronoun to the end of the affirmative command. However, with vosotros commands, we need to drop the d before adding the reflexive pronoun os.
Take a look at some examples.
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However, if you’re just using a direct or indirect object pronoun to the verb, all you need to do is add it to the end of the verb.
Negative Vosotros Commands
In Spain, negative vosotros commands are used to tell a group of people you are familiar with not to do something. To form negative vosotros commands, use the vosotros form of the present subjunctive. For regular -ar verbs, add -éis to the stem. For regular -er and -ir verbs, add -áis to the stem. Make sure to use a negative word like no or nunca before the verb!
Check out these examples:
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Pronoun Placement in Negative Vosotros Commands
Pronouns come between the negative word (such as no) and the verb in negative vosotros commands.
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Learn more about vosotros commands in this article.
Phrases
Here are some of the phrases used in these lessons!
What is Vosotros?
If you have spent most of your time in Latin America or studying Latin American Spanish, it is likely that you don't have much experience with this pronoun. Check out these must-knows!
- Vosotros is a second-person plural subject pronoun that is only used in Spain and has its own set of verb endings.
- Vosotros is used to address a group of men only or a group made up of men and women. Even if there are ninety-nine women and only one man in a group, you still use vosotros.
Vosotros vs. Ustedes
The use of vosotros is a major grammatical difference between Spanish in Spain and Latin American Spanish.
- In Spain, vosotros is used when you are talking to a group of friends, peers, pets, children, or close family members. In other words, it is used to address a group of people informally.
- In Spain, ustedesis used to address a group of people formally. For example, a group of people older than you or people you don’t know well.
- Since most Latin American countries do not use vosotros, ustedes is used in both informal and formal situations.
Quiz Yourself!
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Spanish Conversation
Fantastic! Let's put the grammar and vocab from above to the test in the following example of a conversation in Spanish.
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