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Auf dieser Stufe reicht die Sprache für alles, was man in den ersten Tagen braucht: den eigenen Namen, die Herkunft, den Beruf, die Familie, Zahlen, Uhrzeiten, Essen und Trinken.

Die Sätze sind kurz und stehen für sich. Wer hier ankommt, kann sagen was ist, was er hat und was er möchte — noch nicht, was gestern war.

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Ser, estar and hay

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A1ser — what something isName, origin, job, quality — what stays put.A1estar — where and how something isPlace and condition — what could be different tomorrow.A1hay — there is, there areOne form for everything, and never an article after it.A1tener: to have, to be, and everything in betweenHunger, thirst, fear and your age — in Spanish you have them all.

The present tense

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A1Presente: the regular verbsThree sets of endings for three groups of verbs.A1Verbs that change their stemThe vowel changes — everywhere except with we and you plural.A1The irregular verbsTen verbs you need on the first day — and that follow no rule.A1Reflexive verbsThe pronoun goes in front — and more verbs need one than in English.A1gustar and the verbs where the thing does the actingNot «I like the book» — «the book pleases me».

Nouns and articles

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A1Masculine or feminineThe ending gives it away most of the time — and three times it does not.A1The pluralAn -s or an -es, and sometimes an accent moves.

Adjectives

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A1Agreement: gender and numberFour forms, and the noun's ending says which.A1este, ese, aquel — three distancesBy me, by you, by neither of us.

Pronouns

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A1Subject pronouns — and why they are usually missingyo, tú, él … appear only when they do a job.

Questions and negation

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A1Yes-no questionsThe same sentence, two question marks, the voice goes up.A1Question words and their accentEvery question word carries an accent — the accent is the question.A1Negating — and the double negativeno before the verb, and nada, nunca, nadie need it anyway.

The future

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A1ir a plus infinitiveThe future people actually speak.

Can, must, want

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A1poder and quererTwo stem-changing verbs, with the infinitive behind.

Prepositions

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A1a, en, de — the three commonesta is where to, en is where, de is where from and whose.A1al and del — the only two contractionsa plus el becomes al, de plus el becomes del — and nothing else.