1. APUNTES: CONTRACTIONS
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OBJETIVO: TLW form contractions in the target language.
In order to form contractions in Spanish, remember the following:
When ‘a’ or ‘de’ comes in front of the definte article ‘el’, you have to
make a contraction.
a+el= al (‘to the’. Use this in front of masculine singular nouns)
de+el=del (‘of the/from the’. Use this in front of masculine singular nouns)
You CANNOT say ‘ a el’ or ‘de el’
You CAN say ‘ a la’ , ‘de la’, a las, de las, de los
Ejemplos:
I am going to the supermarket.
-Yo voy al supermercado
-WHY?: Because supermarket is a masculine noun, a+el becomes the contraction ‘al’
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2. APUNTES: CONTRACTIONS
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OBJETIVO: TLW form contractions in the target language.
Ejemplos:
This is the boy’s jacket.
-Esta es la chamarra del niño.
-WHY?: Because the word ‘boy’ is a masculine noun, we cannot say
‘de el niño’. Rememeber, ‘de’+’el’ becomes the contraction del.
3. The man’s wife is short and fat.
-La esposa del hombre es baja y gorda.
-WHY?: Because the word ‘man’ is a masculine noun, we cannot say
‘de el hombre’. Remember, ‘de’+’el’ becomes del.
APUNTES:
CONTRACTIONS An
L. Ford
Production
2019