Modern Spanish Grammar: A Practical Guide

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No te habíavisto.
I hadn’t seen you.
Past participles can also function as adjectives, in which case they must agree in
gender and number with the noun they qualify:
Estábamos muy sorprendidos.
We were very surprised.
El trabajo estáterminado.
The job is finished.

Person
A category of personal pronouns (see 8 ),possessives (see 10 ) and verb forms (see 16 )
indicating relationship to the speaker (‘I’=first person, ‘you’= second person, ‘they’=
third person).

Possessives (see 10 )
Adjectives or pronouns which indicate to whom or what something or someone
pertains or belongs, e.g.:
nuestros amigos
our friends
Madrid y sus museos
Madrid and its museums
Estos libros son míos.
These books are mine.

Predicate
The predicate is that part of the sentence which tells you something about the
subject:
El tren para Sevilla sale del andén número cuatro.
The train for Seville leaves from platform four.
Su último libro ha tenido un gran éxito.
His/her last book has been very successful.

Prepositions (see 25 )
Prepositions are words like a‘to’, con‘with’, en‘in’, ‘on’, ‘at’, entre‘between’, ‘among’,
and which can give you information such as location, time, direction:
Estánen casa.
They are at home. (place)
Irána España.
They’ll go to Spain. (direction)
Se quedaráhasta el lunes.
He/she will stay until Monday. (time)

Pronouns
Pronouns are words which take the place of a noun or a noun phrase. For example:
Felipe nada muy bien.
Felipe swims very well.

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