BEGINNER'S REFERENCE 

THE VERB "TO BE"

SPANISH AFFIRMATIVE DIMINUTIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE

YO SOY I AM I'M I'M NOT AM I?

TU ERES YOU ARE  YOU'RE YOU AREN'T ARE YOU?

EL ES HE IS HE'S HE ISN'T IS HE?

ELLA ES SHE IS SHE'S SHE ISN'T IS SHE?

ELLO ES IT IS IT'S IT ISN'T IS IT?

NOSOTROS SOMOS WE ARE WE'RE WE AREN'T ARE WE?

VOSOTROS SOIS YOU ARE YOU'RE YOU AREN'T ARE YOU?

ELLOS SON THEY ARE THEY'RE THEY AREN'T ARE THEY

   
PRONOUNS QUESTION WORDS

POSS. POSS.
SUBJECT OBJECT REFLEXIVE ENGLISH SPANISH
ADJ PRO

I ME MY MINE MYSELF WHAT QUE

YOU YOU YOUR YOURS YOURSELF WHEN CUANDO

HE HIM HIS HIS HIMSELF WHERE DONDE

SHE HER HER HERS HERSELF WHO QUIEN

IT IT ITS ITS ITSELF WHICH CUAL

WE US OUR OURS OURSELVES HOW COMO

YOU YOU YOUR YOURS YOURSELVES WHY POR QUE

THEY  THEM THEIR THEIRS THEMSELVES

  
 

DEMONSTRATIVES

SINGULAR PLURAL
 THIS THESE NEAR

THAT THOSE FAR

DAYS OF THE WEEK

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY

"SOME" AND "ANY"

  EXAMPLES

THERE IS SOME WATER

SOME +
THERE ARE SOME GIRLS

THERE ISN'T ANY WATER

ANY -
THERE AREN'T ANY GIRLS

ANY (NORMALLY) ? IS THERE ANY WATER?

ARE THERE ANY GIRLS?
 
ESSENTIAL EXPRESSIONS

ENGLISH SPANISH

YES, PLEASE SI, POR FAVOR

NO, THANKS NO, GRACIAS

I DON'T UNDERSTAND NO ENTIENDO

WHAT IS YOUR NAME? ¿COMO TE LLAMAS?

MY NAME IS JOHN. ME LLAMO JOHN.