Indirect Objects
It's definitiely not a biggie, but today's Language Transfer exercises reminded me that I haven't yet got the direct vs. indirect personal pronouns of he, she, and you formal down pat. And I need to keep working on the substitution of 'se' for 'le' when that would otherwise result in the non-permissable pairing of direct and indirect objects, i.e. 'se lo', 'se la', 'se los', 'se las'.
Imperfect 'you' for '-er' and '-ir' verbs
Another reminder from today's Language Transfer exercises — I'm still a bit clunky on the imperfect forms for the familiar 'you' for '-er' and '-ir' verbs. My memory of that tense is still dominated by the '-ar' forms. I need to remember 'vivías' and 'vivíais'.
Quantitative Adjective Pronouns
Where numbers and other pronouns like 'algunos' 'todos' function as adjectives. N.B. 'uno/una' takes gender, non-numbers take both take both gender and number.
Examples
- algnuos / algunas
- ambos / ambas — both
- cada uno / cada una
- demasiado / demasiada / demasidados / demasiadas
- la mayoria
- los demás / las demás — the rest (of them)
- los dos / las dos
- más
- menos
- mucho / mucha / muchos / muchas
- nada
- ninguno / ninguna
- otro / otra
- poco / poca
- primero / primera
- todo / toda
- último / última
- unos / unas
- unos cuantos / unas cuantas — a few (of them)
- varios / varias — several
Only one error of substance in exercises on this topic — I had 'pocas personas', instead of 'unas cuantas personas'. Actually, I suspect that's not actualy wrong — just not what the question wanted in this exercise context. I think 'algunas personas' might also have worked — at least according to Google Translate.
Noteworthy incidendal errors and simple observations, from the exercises:
- campo vs. pais distinction
- El setenta por ciento de
- voy de compras — not 'voy a'
- encantarse — is reflexive
- no recibe ninguno — requires double negative
- miles de personas
Idioms I came across during the exercises
- "acabó por + infinitive" — 'ended-up'
- el último en salir
- unas cuantas personas — a few people
- van de excursión — like 'de vacaciones'
Learning Tasks Checklist
| Task | M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Word/phrase aural+oral | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Sentence aural+oral | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Socratic aural+oral | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Verb exercises | ✕ | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Pronoun exercises | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Preposition exercises | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ | ✕ | ||
| Reading | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | |||
| Physical exercise | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Non-subbed video | ✓ | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ | ✕ | ||
| Subbed video | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Research lang. learning | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | List 'issues' | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Prepare materials | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |