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identifies people, places, or things |
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with adjectives, it describes essential qualities such as color, size, shape, nationality, religion, and profession or trade: |
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with the preposition "de", it indicates origin, possession, relationship, and the material that things are made of |
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it is used to express the time and the date |
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it is used in impersonal expressions (No, es mejor tener la reunión mañana) |
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with the preposition "para", it indicates for whom or what something is destined (Este libro es para aprender inglés.) |
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it is used to indicate where an event is taking place, when "to be"is the equivalent of "to take place" |
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is used to indicate location of a person, place, or thing |
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with adjectives, it indicates a current condition or state |
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with personal reactions, it describes what is perceived through the senses-that is, how a person or thing seems, looks, tastes, or feels (The Instructor used the word "opinions" |
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with the past participle, it indicates the state or condition resulting from a previous action. In this case, the past participle is used as an adjective and agrees with the subject in gender and number. |
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to be alive or to be dead are considered states or conditions that are expressed using it |
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it is used with the present participle forms -ando and -iendo in the progressive tenses |
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it is also used in many idiomatic expressions |
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_____ de acuerdo (to agree) |
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_____ de buen (mal) humor (to be in a good/bad mood) |
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______ de vacaciones (to be on vacation) |
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______ en cama (to be sick in bed) |
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______ de viaje (to be (away) on a trip) |
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_______ de vuelta (to be back) |
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