Unidad 8, Leccion 3 En el restaurante: requesting a table: - una mesa para 3 personas, por favor please) (a table for three

- tenemos una reservacin a nombre de Tara (we have a reservation under the name of Tara) - taking an order: - desean ver la carta? - esta listo(a) para pedir? - ordering a meal: - para ella, la paella? - quiero el gazpacho, por favor. please) - tienen queso manchego? cheese ?) (for her, paella!) (i want gazpacho, ( do you have (would you like to see the menu) (are you ready to order?)

Present tense summary: there are three categories of verbs: -ar / -er / -ir some verbs undergo a change in the stem vowel: Eg: e-ie o-ue e-i empezar poder pedir empieze puede pide

the above stem change for all subject except for the nosotros form. Some verbs are only irregular in the yo form Eg: salir salgo

ir dar

voy doy

Present progressive summary: must conjugate the verb estar in the present tense and add ando or iendo to the participle. Participles (some irregular ones): durmiendo dormir: Seguir siguiendo Pedir Repetir Decir Leer Traer Construir construyendo also see list in verb charts pidiendo repitiendo diciendo leyendo trayendo

Preterite / Past tense summary: there are 2 sets of endings for regular verbs, one for ar verbs and the other for er and ir verbs do not forget that there are accents on all regular past tense verbs in the yo and ud. / el / ella forms there are many irregular verbs in the past, such as ir / ser / dar / tener / poner some verbs undergo spelling changes in the past buscar llegar busqu llegu

Eg: c qu g gu

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comenzar

comenc