Question

Spanish 2 help?
Change the verbs to indicate that they are an activity that is currently in progress.
1.            Alicia estudia en su dormitorio.
2.            Yo bailo con Sergio
B.            Change the verbs (comia and hablaba) to indicate that they were in progress at a time in the past.
1.            Marta comía en el comedor.
2.            Yo hablaba muchísimo.
C.  Change the verb to the "acabar de" form.
1. Busco mi asiento.
2. Los auxiliares de vuelo sirven la merienda.

Answer 1

D.     Using the hace que formula, answer the following questions.
1.  ¿Cuánto tiempo hace que vives en tu casa?
2.  ¿Cuánto tiempo hace que estuviste en la escuela primaria?
3.   ¿Cuánto tiempo hace que estudias español?

Answer 2

@InYourHead

Answer 3

I'll tell you ahead of time, I'm not going to give you the answers.

I can help though, if you're up for a few Spanish lessons.

Answer 4

Okay, for number one would I change the verb to estudiando?

Answer 5

Yep!

Answer 6

But right before "estudiando,"
we need to have the correct form of the verb "estar."

Answer 7

For example,
if I wanna say "I am studying,"
I would say...."Yo ESTOY estudiando."

Get it?

Answer 8

Okay cool so it would be esta estudiando. I think I can do the first part then. For part B can you please explain how I would change the verbs to indicate they were a time in the past?

Answer 9

Okay.

Do you know about the Imperfect tense?

Answer 10

For example...."Hablaba" is the imperfect form of "hablar."

Answer 11

Oh okay, so hablaba would be replaced with hablar and comia would be replaced with comer?

Answer 12

No.

Answer 13

Let's take a step back, and take a look at this sentence:

"Yo estoy comiendo."

That means "I am eating."

You get that?

Answer 14

yes.

Answer 15

Okay,

so now let's take a look at Part B, #1:

"Marta comía en el comedor."

It means "Maria ate in the dining room."

We want to say..."Maria WAS EATING in the dining room."

Answer 16

We cannot say "Maria está comiendo."

We have to use the Imperfect form of "estar."

Answer 17

would we use estaba?

Answer 18

Yes.

"Maria estaba comiendo."

Answer 19

Oh thank you :) for part C can you give me an example of how to change the verb in the acabar de form?

Answer 20

Yes.

We use "acabar de" when we want to say that something has just been done.

For example,
"Yo acabo de comer."

It means "I have just eaten."

We need to conjugate "acabar" into the correct form.
And then we put an infinitive verb right after it.

Answer 21

Let's take a look at the first sentence:

"Busco mi asiento."

It means "I am looking for my seat."

We want to say..."I just looked for my seat."

So we need to correctly conjugate "acabar de,"
and then put "buscar my asiento" right after it.

Answer 22

I don't understand how to use it in the sentences I was given.

Answer 23

Okay, let's look at the first sentence again:

"Yo busco mi asiento."

Do you know the subject of the sentence?

Answer 24

asiento?

Answer 25

It's actually "yo."

"Asiento" means "seat."
It's the direct object.

Answer 26

"Yo" is the subject of the sentence.

The subject of the sentence is whoever is doing the action.

Answer 27

"Yo busco mi asiento."

It means...."I'm looking for my seat."

You see?

Answer 28

Since the subject of the sentence is YO,
we need to conjugate "acabar" into the Yo form.

Can you do that?

Answer 29

Oh okay, yes. Acabo.

Answer 30

Wonderful.

Now, what's the verb, in the sentence?

Answer 31

"Yo busco mi asiento."

Do you know the verb?

Answer 32

busco is the verb.

Answer 33

Right.

And what's the infinitive form of "busco"?

Answer 34

buscar?

Answer 35

Yes.

Answer 36

So, the entire answer to #1 would be...

"Yo acabo de buscar mi asiento."

You see ?

Answer 37

This whole thing can be done in two very simple steps:

1. Conjugate "acabar de" into its correct form, to match the subject.

2. Put in the infinitive form of the verb.

Answer 38

Do you think you can do #2?

I can check to make sure you've got it.

Answer 39

Los acaban de auxiliares de vuelo sirven la merienda.

Answer 40

We have to start with the entire subject:
"Los auxiliares de vuelo"

And then we add the correct form of "acabar,"
"ACABAN de"

And finally, we use the infinitive verb:
"servir."

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