Expressing Feelings with estar and adjectives : Conjugated form of Estar + Adjective

1. Unidad3,Etapa1 SanJuan,PuertoRico John Riordan Grammar Points: • Expressing Feelings with estar and adjectives: • Conjugated form of Estar + Adjective • These adjectives are about feelings (like happy or sad) • The adjective must agree in gender and number with the noun it describes • Saying what just happened with acabar de: • Conjugated form of Acabar + de + infinitive • Written in the present tense- normal conjugation • Acabar is a normal –ar verb • Saying where one is coming from with venir: • You can use Venir + a + location to say one is coming to a place • You can use Venir + de + location to say one is coming from a place • Venir is like tener, but with –ir endings • Written in the present tense- normal conjugation Saying what one likes to do with gustar + infinitive with “a phrase”: • Use an “a phrase” to identify or emphasize the subject who likes to do something • To use an “a phrase”- use A + (the noun, name, or pronoun of the subject) • After the “a phrase”, write the proper phrase shown at right and add the infinitive If using a pronoun, use the ones listed

2. Sample Questions – translate into Spanish: 1. I am busy, but he is content. 2. We are sad, but they (masculine) are calm. 3. Juan and Pedro are nervous. 4. She just watched an interesting movie. 5. You (informal) just went to the supermarket. 6. Pablo just rented a video. 7. You (formal) are coming from the gym. 8. We are coming to the United States. 9. Roberto is coming from the party. 10. I like to run. 11. They (feminine) like to swim. 12. Miguel and Ignacio like to talk on the telephone. Vocabulary can be found on page 195 of the textbook Including Vocabulary for Talking on the Phone