Srta. Forgue El 31 de marzo de 2011

 Con un/a compañero/a, estima lo que significan los refranes españoles. 1. A caballo regalado, no mires el diente 2. Ser un lobo con piel de cordero 3. Tener memoria de elefante 4. Ser la oveja negra 5. Coger el toro por los cuernos

1. A caballo regalado, no mires el diente  Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth. 2. Ser un lobo con piel de cordero  To be a wolf in sheep’s clothing 3. Tener memoria de elefante  To have the memory of an elephant 4. Ser la oveja negra  To be the black sheep 5. Coger el toro por los cuernos  To take the bull by the horns

 Terminar Lección 6.2: El subjuntivo con cláusulas adverbiales (pág. 222)  Empezar Lección 6.3: A, hacia, and con (págs )  Aprender sobre tres preposiciones importantes y usarlas correctamente en frases completas Con permiso… necesito ir al baño.

Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved. 6.3–6 The preposition a The preposition a can mean to, at, for, upon, within, of, from, or by, depending on the context. Sometimes it has no direct translation in English. Terminó a las doce.Le compré un pájaro exótico a Juan. It ended at midnight.I bought an exotic bird from/for Juan. Lucy estaba a mi derecha.Al llegar a casa, me sentí feliz. Lucy was to/on my right.Upon returning home, I felt happy. El Mar Caribe está a doce millas de aquí. Fui a casa de mis padres para ayudarlos después de la inundación. The Caribbean Sea is twelve miles from here. I went to my parents’ house to help them after the flood.

Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved. 6.3–7 The preposition a introduces indirect objects. The preposition a can be used in commands. Le prometió a su hijo que irían a navegar. Hoy, en el zoo, le di de comer a un conejo. He promised his son they would go sailing. Today, in the zoo, I fed a rabbit. ¡A comer!¡A dormir! Let’s eat!Time for bed!

Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved. 6.3–8 Some verbs require a when used with an infinitive, such as ir a, comenzar a, volver a, enseñar a, aprender a, and ayudar a. Aprendí a manejar. I learned to drive. Me ayudó a arreglar el coche. He helped me fix the car.

Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved. 6.3–9 When a direct object noun is a person (or a pet), it is preceded by the personal a, which has no equivalent in English. The personal a is also used with the words alguien, nadie, and alguno. ¿Viste a tus amigos en el parque? No, no he visto a nadie. Did you see your friends in the park? No, I haven’t seen anyone.

Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved. 6.3–10 The personal a is not used when the person in question is not specific. La organización ambiental busca voluntarios. Sí, necesitan voluntarios para limpiar la costa. The environmental organization is looking for volunteers. Yes, they need volunteers to clean the coast.

Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved. 6.3–11 The preposition hacia With movement, either literal or figurative, hacia means toward or to. La actitud de Manuel hacia mí fue negativa. El biólogo se dirige hacia Puerto Rico para la entrevista. Manuel’s attitude toward me was negative. The biologist is headed to Puerto Rico for the interview.

Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved. 6.3–12 With time, hacia means approximately, around, about, or toward. El programa que queremos ver empieza hacia las 8. La televisión se hizo popular hacia la segunda mitad del siglo XX. The show that we want to watch will begin around 8:00. Television became popular toward the second half of the twentieth century.

Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved. 6.3–13 There is no accent mark on the i in the preposition hacia. The stress falls on the first a. The word hacía is a form of the verb hacer.

Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved. 6.3–14 The preposition con The preposition con means with. Me gustaría hablar con el director del departamento. Es una organización ecológica con muchos miembros. I would like to speak with the director of the department. It’s an environmental organization with lots of members.

Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved. 6.3–15 Many English adverbs can be expressed in Spanish with con + [noun]. Habló del tema con cuidado.Hablaba con cariño. She spoke about the issue carefully.He spoke affectionately.

Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved. 6.3–16 The preposition con is also used rhetorically to emphasize the value or the quality of something or someone, contrary to a given fact or situation. In this case, con conveys surprise at an apparent conflict between two known facts. In English, the words but, even though, and in spite of are used. Los turistas tiraron los envoltorios al suelo. ¡Con lo limpio que estaba todo! The tourists threw wrappers on the ground. But the place was so clean!

Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved. 6.3–17 If con is followed by mí or ti, it forms a contraction: conmigo, contigo. ¿Quieres venir conmigo al campo? Por supuesto que quiero ir contigo. Do you want to come with me to the countryside? Of course I want to go with you.

Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved. 6.3–18 Consigo is the contraction of con + usted/ustedes or con + él/ella/ellos/ellas. Consigo is equivalent to the English with himself/herself/yourself or with themselves/yourselves, and is commonly followed by mismo. It is only used when the subject of the sentence is the same person referred to after con. Están satisfechos consigo mismos. Fui al cine con él. La sequía trajo consigo muchos problemas. Prefiero ir al parque con usted.

 Cuaderno de práctica 6.3 (CP 57)