CSG121

110 Complete Spanish Grammar

10-10

ejercicio

La mudada. Traduce. Usa elvocabulario util.

I have always wanted a new home. We have finally moved to our new house. We have discovered a few surprises. I have written a list of the repairs. We have fixed a leak in the roof. We have bought new tools, and I have learned to use a hammer. I have repaired a wali and changed many light bulbs! Luckily, I have not broken my nails or fractured a finger. And we have laughed, too. We’ve invited many friends. They have come to help us and they have brought food and gifts. I have heard many times that friends are like family. I have discovered this is true.

finger	el dedo	light bulb	un bombillo, una bombilla
(finger) nail	la uńa	to fracture	fracturar
gift	el regalo	to move (house)	mudar(se)
hammer	el martillo	to repair	arreglar
it is true	es verdad	tool	una herramienta
leak	una gotera	wali	la pared

The Past Perfeet or Pluperfeet

The past perfeet or pluperfeet (el preterito pluscuaniperfecto) is another compound tense sim-ilar in both Spanish and English. As usual, in Spanish two components are needed: a form of the auxiliary verb haber plus the past participle of the verb to be conjugated. In English, the aux-iliary form had is used for every person of this tense. The forms of the Spanish imperfect (el imperfecto) of haber are used in the past perfeet, followed by the past participle of the verb conjugated:

bailar (to dance)		ser {to be)		ir (togo)
habia bailado	habiamos bailado	habia sido	habiamos sido	habia ido	habiamos ido
habias bailado	habiais bailado	habias sido	habiais sido	habias ido	habiais ido
habia bailado	habian bailado	habia sido	habian sido	habia ido	habian ido

Notę that:

•    the first- and third-person singular of the past perfeet forms are the same.

•    there are written accent marks on the i of all the imperfect forms of haber.