Useful basic grammar

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Useful basic grammar

• Articles a, some, the

• Saying to the... a to

• un a (masculine)
• una a (feminine)
• unos some (m)
• unas some (f)
• el the (m/singular)
• la the (f/s)
• los the (m/plural)
• las the (f/pl)

• a el becomes al
• to the museum al museo
• but otherwise just add the
• words together
• a la to the beach a la playa
• a los to the bars a los bares
• a las to the shops a las tiendas

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Cómo se dice?

• to the bar
• to the shops
• to the museums
• to the town hall
• to the beach
• to the cinemas
• to the square
• to the hotel
• to the cinema
• to the school

• a bar
• the bar
• the shops
• the museums
• some attractions
• the town hall
• a beach
• the cinemas
• the square
• some shops

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Prepositions saying where something is some
confusing words of more than one meaning

• Some common ones

• Many prepostions use de

• en in
• en el colegio in school
• en at (place)
• en casa at home
• a to
• voy al cine
• Im going to the cinema
• a at (time)
• a las cinco at 5 oclock
• de of
• un kilo de a kilo of
• de from
• está a un km del cole its 1km from school
• sobre on
• sobre la mesa on the table

• al lado de at the side of/next to
• enfrente de in front of/opposite
• delante de in front of
• detrás de at the back of/behind
• cerca de near to
• en el centro de in the centre of
• en el sur de in the south of
• lejos de far from

from the de el becomes del de la de los de
las
next to the bar al lado del bar next to the
beach al lado de la playa
está is/it is están are/they are
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Cómo se dice?

• the cinema is next to the restaurant
• Helston is near to Sithney
• Helston is far from London
• Helston is in the south-west of England
• the shops are opposite the bars
• the hotel is in the centre of the town
• my house is in front of the park
• the beach is in front of the car park
• the swimming pool is behind the school
• the market is in the square