Los Sanfermines: affirmative imperative (-e), possessive adjectives
I can use the imperative to give advice and instructions about what to do at a festival.
Los Sanfermines: affirmative imperative (-e), possessive adjectives
I can use the imperative to give advice and instructions about what to do at a festival.
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Key learning points
- To make a noun plural, add -s if it ends in a vowel and -es if it ends in a consonant.
- [s] sounds like 'siempre', [z] sounds like 'empezar', [ci] sounds like 'principio' and [ce] sounds like 'entonces'.
- To say ‘you do something to yourself’, use 'te' before the verb, and 'me' to say 'I do something to myself’.
- When talking to somebody familiar to you (tú) with the affirmative imperative with -er verbs, use the ending -e.
- San Fermín (or San Fermines) is a week-long celebration held annually in Pamplona that involves running with bulls.
Keywords
Reflexive pronoun - used to indicate doing something to yourself; words like 'me' (myself) and 'te' (yourself)
Possessive adjective - words like 'my' and 'your'; they show that something belongs to somebody
Imperative - a form of verb used to give instructions or commands
Common misconception
'Me' means 'to me' and 'my', and 'te' means 'to you' and 'your'.
'Me' and 'te' look very similar to the possessive adjectives 'mi' and 'tu', but their meanings are different.
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