edumaterial's parts within the level. The European framework does not subdivide them.
- 1Try
- 2Learn
- 3Practise
- 4Check
“Si tuviera tiempo…”Building the three conditional patterns, and above all the unreal one: “si” plus…“Es aburrido” is not “está aburrido”The adjectives whose meaning changes with the verb: “aburrido”, “listo”, “rico”…False friends: “embarazada” is not embarrassedThe words that look like an English word and mean something else: “embarazada”…“Dijo que…”: reporting what somebody saidTurning direct speech into “dijo que…”, moving the tense, the person, the possessives…“Busco a alguien que hable inglés”Choosing indicative or subjunctive after “que” depending on whether the person or thing…“Tan”, “tanto”, “tal”: one “so”, three wordsUsing “tan” with adjectives and adverbs, “tanto” with verbs and nouns —agreeing— and…
Another oneKeep practising: SpanishThe rule, in three lines
Use más or menos before an adjective, and que before the comparison. To compare bien and mal, use mejor and peor, rather than adding más to those adverbs.
The usual slip. English “than” can become de in an incorrect Spanish comparison; “more well” can also lead to the incorrect más bien when a comparative meaning is intended.
Why it catches you out. English often builds comparisons with “more” and “than”. Spanish uses “que” for the second term and irregular “mejor” or “peor” for the comparative meanings of well and badly.
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- “Si tuviera tiempo…”Building the three conditional patterns, and above all the unreal one: “si” plus…
- “Es aburrido” is not “está aburrido”The adjectives whose meaning changes with the verb: “aburrido”, “listo”, “rico”…
- False friends: “embarazada” is not embarrassedThe words that look like an English word and mean something else: “embarazada”…