Ven conmigo 2 Capítulo 5 Paso 3
Giving Explanations Bueno, es que… Well, it’s just that…
Iba a asistir, pero no pude. “iba” is the imperfect tense, which we will learn in Chapter 7. “Iba a” means, “I was going to”. Pude: Preterite of poder: pude I pudimos pudiste I XX pudo I pudieron This needs to be added to your preterite packet!
Práctica 1. I was going to walk the dog, but I couldn’t. Iba a caminar con el perro, pero no pude.
2. My brother and I were going to go to the movies, but we couldn’t. Mi hermano y yo íbamos a ir al cine, pero no pudimos.
Mis padres no me dieron permiso. DAR in the preterite: di I dimos diste I XX dio I dieron Also needs to be added to your preterite packet. What do we know about all irregular verbs in the preterite?
Más práctica 3. I was going to go to the party, but my parents didn’t give me permission. Iba a ir a la fiesta, pero mis padres no me dieron permiso.
El brazo La pierna
La cabeza La cara
Vocabulario – partes del cuerpo El tobillo El cuello
La muñeca El hombro
La pantorrilla El muslo
El codo La rodilla
El pelo La espalda
Vocabulario Tener calambre Torcerse el tobillo O>ue me tuerzo, te tuerces, se tuerce, nos torcemos, se tuercen
4. He twisted his ankle. Se torció el tobillo.
5. He has a cramp. 5. (él) Tiene calambre.
Lastimarse & hacerse daño Both = to injure yourself or hurt yourself Both are reflexive verbs
Más práctica El coyote se lastimó. 6. The coyote hurt himself. Or El coyote se hizo daño. 6. The coyote hurt himself.
7. He does’t want to hurt you (tú) 7. He does’t want to hurt you (tú). (Use lastimar, but not as a reflexive, this time with an indirect object pronoun.) (él) no quiere lastimarte. Or (é;) no te quiere lastimar.
8. They don’t want to hurt you 8. They don’t want to hurt you. (This time use “hacer daño”, but not as a reflexive – again with an indirect object pronoun.) (ellos) no quieren hacerte daño. Or (ellos) no te quieren hacer daño.
9. Now try, “Don’t hurt yourself. ” This time it’s reflexive again 9. Now try, “Don’t hurt yourself.” This time it’s reflexive again. Choose either verb phrase. No te hagas daño. Or No te lastimes.
Doler (o>ue stem changing verb) This is a verb that works like gustar, with an indirect object pronoun: There are two forms that you will use in the present tense: Duele (if one thing hurts): Me duele la cabeza. Duelen (if more than one thing hurts): Me duelen las piernas. Use an indirect object pronoun: Me I te Te I X Le I les
Más práctica 10. I have a headache. (My head hurts.) Me duele la cabeza.
11. Do your legs hurt? ¿Te duelen las piernas?
A few new reflexive verbs! enfermarse (Do you see “enfermo” there?) Me enfermo I nos enfermamos Te enfermas I xx Se enferma I se enferman Whenever you add “se” to the end of the Verb and make it reflexive, it often means To become or get a certain way. enfermar = to tire (as in to make someone else sick). Enfermarse = to get sick (yourself)
Cansarse = to get tired Divertirse = to have a good time
Some verbs require a preposition: Acordarse DE = to remember Me acuerdo de I nos acordamos de Te acuerdas de I XX Se acuerda de I se acuerdan de
More reflexive verbs with prepositions: Olvidarse de Quejarse de
Más práctica 12. I always get tired after swimming. Siempre me canso después de nadar.
13. My friends got sick last weekend. Mis amigos se enfermaron el fin de semana pasado.
14. Don’t forget to take out the trash. No te olvides de sacar la basura.
15. We are going to have a good time at Disneyland. Vamos a divertirnos en Disneyland. Or Nos vamos a divertir en Disneyland. 15. We are going to have a good time at Disneyland.