By Heather McCoy

This up to date, hugely utilitarian word booklet contains smooth idioms: terminology on the topic of desktops, cellphones, slang, and different points of 21st-century lifestyles. extra than 1,000 easy words for quick, potent verbal exchange contain expressions for eating, transportation, buying, and different universal occasions. A phonetic pronunciation consultant accompanies each one phrase.  

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Do you know that man? I bathe my dog every day. NOTE The personal a contracts with the definite article el to form the contraction al. Buscamos al profesor Estrada. No veo al dependiente. We’re looking for Professor Estrada. I don’t see the salesperson. Proper names of people are also considered definite and are preceded by personal a when they function as direct objects. Quiero ver a Juan. ¿Recuerdas a Laura Martínez? I want to see Juan. Do you remember Laura Martínez? When quién is the direct object of the verb, it is also preceded by a.

Un ojo de la cara. poca paciencia. el papel de don Juan? Verbs Ending in -cer Verbs that end in a vowel ϩ -cer have zc in the yo form. The rest of the conjugation is regular. conocer to know conozco conoces conoce conocemos conocéis conocen The verbs desconocer to not know, be unaware or ignorant of and reconocer to recognize are conjugated like conocer. NOTE See Chapter 4 (p. 60) for the uses of conocer vs. saber, two verbs that mean to know. 49 Irregular Verbs (Part I) merecer to deserve parecer to seem merezco mereces merece parezco pareces parece merecemos merecéis merecen parecemos parecéis parecen Verbs conjugated like merecer and parecer aborrecer to hate agradecer to thank, be grateful amanecer to wake up in the morning aparecer to appear carecer to lack compadecer to feel sympathy, feel sorry for convalecer to convalesce crecer to grow desaparecer to disappear desobedecer to disobey embellecer to beautify, embellish enflaquecer to lose weight, get thinner enfurecer to make furious, infuriate enloquecer to drive crazy or mad enriquecer to make rich or wealthy enternecer to soften, make tender, touch entristecer to make sad envejecer to grow old establecer to establish estremecer to shake, startle fallecer to die (formal) favorecer to favor, flatter fortalecer to fortify, make strong humedecer to dampen, moisten obedecer to obey ofrecer to offer padecer to suffer, endure, bear palidecer to turn pale perecer to perish permanecer to remain, stay pertenecer to belong prevalecer to prevail, take root resplandecer to shine, blaze, glow restablecer to reestablish, restore In the verb lists and vocabulary of this book, verbs that have zc in the yo form will be marked as follows.

Claro, puedes invitar a cualquiera. ” 40 Chapter 2 —¿A cuántas personas debemos llamar? —Debéis llamar a veinte personas. ” —¿A cuántos candidatos eligen este año? ” —Eligen a siete. When a direct object animate noun is preceded by the indefinite article (un, una, unos, unas), it is usually not preceded by a personal a. Necesitamos un mozo. El autobús recoge unos turistas delante del museo. We need a waiter. The bus picks up some tourists in front of the museum. However, personal a is sometimes used before an animate noun preceded by the indefinite article in order to indicate that the person referred to is a known individual.

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