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Spanish 2 __ Notes for week of 8/29/11 __ Present Progressive tense is used to say what is happening right now. This tense is expressed by using a form of: estar (estoy, estas, esta, estamos, estan) + a present participle To form the present participle for -ar verbs drop the -ar at the end of the verb and add -ando. For -er and -ir verbs, drop the -er or -ir and add -iendo. For example: Estoy jugando. I am playing. Estas comiendo? Are you eating? Esta escribiendo. She is writing. Near Future is used to say what we are going to do very soon (in the near future). To form the near future, we use a form of: the verb Ir: (voy, vas, va, vamos, van) + a + infinitive. For example: Voy a jugar. I am going to play. Vas a comer? Are you going to eat? Va a escribir. She is going to write. Affirmative and Negative commands are used to tell someone to do or not do something. To form the affirmative command of a verb, use the tu form of the verb and drop the s. For example: Saca la basura! - Take out the trash! Toca el piano! - Play the piano!
 * Monday **
 * See page 24 in textbook **
 * Tuesday (8/30/11) **
 * See page 26 in textbook **

Remember! Some verbs have irregular command forms, which means that you can't follow the rule, just memorize the command forms for these verbs. The ones that are irregular are listed below: Hacer - haz (do/make) Ir - ve (go) Poner - pon (put/place) Salir - sal (go out) ser - se (with an accent on the e) - be tener - ten (have) venir - ven (come)

To form the negative command forms: use the yo form of the verb, drop the -o and for -ar verbs add -es. For -er and -ir verbs, add -as. Put the word no in front. For example: No hables! - Don't talk! No comas! - Don't eat! No salgas! - Don't go out!

Remember! The following verbs have irregular negative command forms. They don't follow this rule. Dar - no des (Don't give) Ir - no vayas (Don't go) Ser - no seas (Don't be)

Study Guide for Chapter 1 test Expresate boxes --- questions and answers Vocabulary on page 37 Verb conjugation on page 12 and 13 Tener expressions and verbs with infinitives on page 22 Present progressive and near future on page 24 Direct object pronouns page 24
 * Wednesday (8/31/11) **