El día de Muertos: estar + present participle, adverbs of position
Learning outcomes
I can use singular persons of estar to talk about where I and others are and what I and others are doing at a festival.
I can pronounce words containing [ll] and [y] with confidence.
El día de Muertos: estar + present participle, adverbs of position
Learning outcomes
I can use singular persons of estar to talk about where I and others are and what I and others are doing at a festival.
I can pronounce words containing [ll] and [y] with confidence.
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Key learning points
- El día de Muertos is a Mexican celebration whereby people remember and pay homage to loved ones who have passed.
- [ll] and [y] are pronounced the same. [ll] sounds like 'llevar' and [y] sounds like 'ayuda'.
- Estar in present tense, singular persons
- Estar + present participle of -ar & -er / -ir (-ando, -iendo) is used to talk about ongoing events.
- Verbs whose stems end in a vowel (leer, construir) have a i->y spelling change when in the past participle ending.
Keywords
Estar - verb ‘to be, being’ used for location, states and moods and as an auxiliary verb in the present continuous
Adverb - word that describes a verb or an adjective
Present continuous - describes events happening right now: 'I am doing'
Present participle - verb form that forms the present continuous, together with the auxiliary verb 'estar'
Common misconception
All present participles follow regular rules and there are no spelling exceptions.
Verbs whose stems end in a vowel (leer, construir) have a i->y spelling change when in the past participle ending.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
congratulations
corner
dead (person)
tradition
relaxing (m, f)
to continue, continuing
next to
near
below, under
behind
in front of
at, in, on
Exit quiz
6 Questions
stage
being
good morning
slowly
relaxing
to turn on, turning on
to ask for
asking for
reading
building
repeating
to build