Spanish: An Essential Grammar

tu your tú you (subject pronoun)

el the él he, him (after prepositions)

se himself, herself, itself, sé I know, be (imperative of

themselves ser)

de of dé he/she gives (present

subjunctive)

te you (object pronoun) té tea

aun even aún still, yet

mas but más more

For the use of accents on demonstrative pronouns, see Chapter 4. For the

use of accents on interrogative and exclamatory words, see Chapter 27.

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With adjectives of national, regional and personal origin:

un vino peruano a Peruvian wine

una fiesta andaluza an Andalusian fiesta

un tema borgesiano a Borgesian theme

With days of the week and months of the year:

los lunes on Mondays

en mayo in May

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